THE KEEPER OF THE LIGHT.

 A lighthouse keeper with a loving heart

Toiled¹ at his service in the lonely tower,

Keeping his giant lenses clear and bright,

And feeding with pure oil the precious light

Whose power to save was as his own heart’s power.

He loved his kind, and being set alone

To help them by the means of this great light,

He poured his whole heart’s service into it,

And sent his love down the long beams that lit

The waste of broken water in the night.

He loved his kind, and joyed to see the ships

Come out of nowhere into his bright field,

And glide² by safely with their living men,

Past him and out into the dark again,

To other hands their freight of joy to yield.

His work was noble and his work was done;

He kept the ships in safety and was glad;

And yet, late coming with the light’s supplies,

They found the love no longer in his eyes—

The keeper of the light had fallen mad.

1 toiled   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的过去式和过去分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• They toiled up the hill in the blazing sun. 他们冒着炎炎烈日艰难地一步一步爬上山冈。
• He toiled all day long but earned very little. 他整天劳碌但挣得很少。

2 glide   

n./v.溜，滑行；(时间)消逝

参考例句：

• We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着，眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
• So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞，宛如滑翔。