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You did not know yourself when you dwelt alone, and there was no crying of an errand when the wind ran from the hither to the farther shore.

 

I came and you woke, and the skies blossomed with lights.

 

You made me open in many flowers; rocked me in the cradles of many forms; hid me in death and found me again in life.

 

I came and your heart heaved; pain came to you and joy.

 

You touched me and tingled¹ into love.

 

But in my eyes there is a film of shame and in my breast a flicker² of fear; my face is veiled and I weep when I cannot see you.

 

Yet I know the endless thirst in your heart for sight of me, the thirst that cries at my door in the repeated knockings of sunrise.

1 tingled   

v.有刺痛感( tingle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My cheeks tingled with the cold. 我的脸颊冻得有点刺痛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The crowd tingled with excitement. 群众大为兴奋。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 flicker   

vi./n.闪烁，摇曳，闪现

参考例句：

• There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。
• At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时，光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现，几乎并不灿烂。