CHAPTER I

 Bid me and I shall gather my fruits to bring them in full baskets into your courtyard, though some are lost and some not ripe.

 

For the season grows heavy with its fulness, and there is a plaintive¹ shepherd’s pipe in the shade.

 

Bid me and I shall set sail on the river.

 

The March wind is fretful, fretting² the languid waves into murmurs³.

 

The garden has yielded its all, and in the weary hour of evening the call comes from your house on the shore in the sunset.

1 plaintive   

adj.可怜的，伤心的

参考例句：

• Her voice was small and plaintive.她的声音微弱而哀伤。
• Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。

2 fretting   

n. 微振磨损 adj. 烦躁的, 焦虑的

参考例句：

• Fretting about it won't help. 苦恼于事无补。
• The old lady is always fretting over something unimportant. 那位老妇人总是为一些小事焦虑不安。

3 murmurs   

n.低沉、连续而不清的声音( murmur的名词复数 )；低语声；怨言；嘀咕

参考例句：

• They spoke in low murmurs. 他们低声说着话。 来自辞典例句
• They are more superficial, more distinctly heard than murmurs. 它们听起来比心脏杂音更为浅表而清楚。 来自辞典例句