Evermore

 Then I go on from here I’ll take

The ever pleasant memory of a lake.

I’ll tightly lock within my spirit breast

The picture of a grim old mountain’s crest¹.

A little stream’s song running ever clear

And all the lonely places I hold dear.

A mocking bird, a drenched² and dripping tree.

O! I shall keep my hunger for the sea.

I shall keep my knowledge of the paths I know

The gates of many mornings and the glow,

Of sunset, on a firegold window pane³,

The mist on young nasturtiums after rain.

Virginia creeper on some quaint⁴ old garden wall

The sound of dropping nuts, I’ll take them all.

The falling leaves, the closing of the year,

I’ll not forget, tho’ I go on from here.

These tho’ts I shall retain (e’en past the gates of death),

Of burnished⁵ autumn leaves, a tiny baby’s breath.{21}

In my heart I’ll take the Heaven’s most untried height

A moon drowned flower, from some star riven night.

I shall remember thru great ages of GOD’S time

The wind in clover, rain in summer time.

Think you I could forget, thru death’s wild fret⁶ and pain

The look of slim young birches in the rain?

1 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

2 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 pane   

n.窗格玻璃，长方块

参考例句：

• He broke this pane of glass.他打破了这块窗玻璃。
• Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.他们呼出的水气，在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾。

4 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

5 burnished   

adj.抛光的，光亮的v.擦亮（金属等），磨光( burnish的过去式和过去分词 )；被擦亮，磨光

参考例句：

• The floor was spotless; the grate and fire-irons were burnished bright. 地板上没有污迹；炉栅和火炉用具擦得发亮。 来自辞典例句
• The woods today are burnished bronze. 今天的树林是一片发亮的青铜色。 来自辞典例句

6 fret   

v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损

参考例句：

• Don't fret.We'll get there on time.别着急，我们能准时到那里。
• She'll fret herself to death one of these days.她总有一天会愁死的.