Ingleside

 THE road that goes to Ingleside

Can’t be described at all,

’Tis sweet beyond the telling

And the trees are paces tall.

Spring o’ year at Ingleside

Is pungent¹ sweet of breath.

And for its rainfilled, tumbling streams

I’m homesick unto death.

Confusing flowers fill the wood

Like nodding plumes² of flame.

The like of which one’s never seen

And no one knows the name.

The hills that look on Ingleside

Are emerald to the brow.

And I would give a thousand dreams

If I could see them now.

 

1 pungent   

adj.（气味、味道）刺激性的，辛辣的；尖锐的

参考例句：

• The article is written in a pungent style.文章写得泼辣。
• Its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hideouts.它的刺激性气味会令恐怖分子窒息，迫使他们从藏身地点逃脱出来。

2 plumes   

羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物

参考例句：

• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。