CHAPTER XLV KIRSTY’S SONG

Mrs. Gordon manages the house and her reward is to sit at the head of the table. But she pays Kirsty infinitely¹ more for the privilege than any but Kirsty can know, in the form of leisure for things she likes far better than housekeeping—among the rest, for the discovery of such songs as this, the last of hers I have seen:—

 

LOVE IS HOME.

Love is the part, and love is the whole;

Love is the robe, and love is the pall²;

Ruler of heart and brain and soul,

Love is the lord and the slave of all!

I thank thee, Love, that thou lov’st me;

I thank thee more that I love thee.

Love is the rain, and love is the air;

Love is the earth that holdeth fast;

Love is the root that is buried there,

Love is the open flower at last!

I thank thee, Love all round about,

That the eyes of my love are looking out.

Love is the sun, and love is the sea;

Love is the tide that comes and goes;

Flowing and flowing it comes to me;

Ebbing³ and ebbing to thee it flows!

Oh my sun, and my wind, and tide!

My sea, and my shore, and all beside!

Light, oh light that art by showing;

Wind, oh wind that liv’st by motion;

Thought, oh thought that art by knowing;

Will, that art born in self-devotion!

Love is you, though not all of you know it;

Ye are not love, yet ye always show it!

Faithful creator, heart-longed-for father,

Home of our heart-infolded brother,

Home to thee all thy glories gather—

All are thy love, and there is no other!

O Love-at-rest; we loves that roam—

Home unto thee, we are coming home!

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1 infinitely   

adv.无限地，无穷地

参考例句：

• There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。
• The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。

2 pall   

v.覆盖，使平淡无味；n.柩衣，棺罩；棺材；帷幕

参考例句：

• Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.饭店里的饭菜已经不像以前那样诱人。
• I find his books begin to pall on me after a while.我发觉他的书读过一阵子就开始对我失去吸引力。

3 ebbing   

（指潮水）退( ebb的现在分词 )； 落； 减少； 衰落

参考例句：

• The pain was ebbing. 疼痛逐渐减轻了。
• There are indications that his esoteric popularity may be ebbing. 有迹象表明，他神秘的声望可能正在下降。

4 royalties   

特许权使用费

参考例句：

• I lived on about £3,000 a year from the royalties on my book. 我靠着写书得来的每年约3，000英镑的版税生活。 来自辞典例句
• Payments shall generally be made in the form of royalties. 一般应采取提成方式支付。 来自经济法规部分

5 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

6 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

7 trademark   

n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标

参考例句：

• The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
• The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

8 derivative   

n.派(衍)生物；adj.非独创性的，模仿他人的

参考例句：

• His paintings are really quite derivative.他的画实在没有创意。
• Derivative works are far more complicated.派生作品更加复杂。