Worship

 I DID not always know ’twas kind

Of thee to let me pass,

And with my sacrilegious feet

Walk lightly thru thy grass.

How could I know, when I was young

’Twas one of thine own dreams,

To tender me the license¹ of

Thy hills and singing streams.

How could’st thou take even a part

Of thy remotest time,

And weld me, poor unworthly link,

Into this chain of thine.

One day I learned at cost of pain

Among the shadows dim,

Thy gift of violets, Oh! God

Their fragrance² cutting in.

I set apart one hallowed day

Forever dear to me.

Because thou taughtest me to love

A flowering apple tree.{19}

And since I’ve older grown and drawn³

To solitudes⁴ apart,

I find I cannot tell the Lord

All that is in my heart.

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 fragrance   

n.芬芳，香味，香气

参考例句：

• The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
• The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。

3 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 solitudes   

n.独居( solitude的名词复数 )；孤独；荒僻的地方；人迹罕至的地方

参考例句：

• Africa is going at last to give up the secret of its vast solitudes. 非洲无边无际的荒野的秘密就要被揭穿了。 来自辞典例句
• The scientist has spent six months in the solitudes of the Antarctic. 这位科学家已经在人迹罕至的南极待了六个月了。 来自互联网