WASTE.

 Doth any man consider what we waste

Here in God’s garden? While the sea is full,

The sunlight smiles, and all the blessed earth

Offers her wealth to our intelligence.

We waste our food, enough for half the world,

In helpless luxury among the rich,

In helpless ignorance¹ among the poor,

In spilling what we stop to quarrel for.

We waste our wealth in failing to produce,

In robbing of each other every day

In place of making things,—our human crown.

We waste our strength, in endless effort poured

Like water on the sand, still toiling² on

To make a million things we do not want.

We waste our lives, those which should still lead on

Each new one gaining on the age behind,

In doing what we all have done before.

We waste our love,—poured up into the sky,

Across the ocean, into desert lands,

Sunk in one narrow circle next ourselves,—

While these, our brothers, suffer—are alone.

Ye may not pass the near to love the far;

Ye may not love the near and stop at that.

Love spreads through man, not over or around!

Yea, grievously we waste; and all the time

Humanity³ is wanting,—wanting sore.

Waste not, my brothers, and ye shall not want!

1 ignorance   

n.无知，愚昧，不了解，（of，about）不知道

参考例句：

• The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.疾病与贫穷、无知之间的关系是显而易见的。
• Maybe it is all due to my own ignorance.也许是我少见多怪。

2 toiling   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes. 这位激昂的演说家把无所事事的富人同终日辛劳的工人阶级进行了对比。
• She felt like a beetle toiling in the dust. She was filled with repulsion. 她觉得自己像只甲虫在地里挣扎，心中涌满愤恨。

3 humanity   

n.人类，[总称]人(性)，人道[pl.]人文学科

参考例句：

• Such an act is a disgrace to humanity.这种行为是人类的耻辱。
• We should treat animals with humanity.我们应该以仁慈之心对待动物。