Our Maecenas shakes his head very doubtfully at this well-printed Ode, and only says, “An ode nowadays needs to be admirable to carry sail at all. Mr. Sprague’s Centennial Ode, and Ode at the Shakspeare Jubilee2, are the only American lyrics3 that we have prospered4 in reading, — if we dare still remember them.” Yet he adds mercifully, “The good verses run like golden brooks5 through the dark forests of toil6, rippling7 and musical, and undermine the heavy banks till they fall in and are borne away. Thirty-five pieces follow the Ode, of which everything is neat, pretty, harmonious8, tasteful, the sentiment pleasing, manful, if not inspired. If the poet have nothing else, he has a good ear.”
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1 coffin | |
n.棺材,灵柩 | |
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2 jubilee | |
n.周年纪念;欢乐 | |
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3 lyrics | |
n.歌词 | |
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4 prospered | |
成功,兴旺( prosper的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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n.小溪( brook的名词复数 ) | |
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6 toil | |
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事 | |
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7 rippling | |
起涟漪的,潺潺流水般声音的 | |
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8 harmonious | |
adj.和睦的,调和的,和谐的,协调的 | |
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