FORSAKEN AND FORLORN

  THE house is silent, it is late at night, I am alone.

                    From the balcony

               I can hear the Isar moan,

                    Can see the white

     Rift of the river eerily¹, between the pines, under

               a sky of stone.

 

     Some fireflies drift through the middle air

                    Tinily.

               I wonder where

     Ends this darkness that annihilates² me.

1 eerily   

adv.引起神秘感或害怕地

参考例句：

• It was nearly mid-night and eerily dark all around her. 夜深了，到处是一片黑黝黝的怪影。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape. 开阔的火山坡让人心生怪异地联想起月球的地貌。 来自辞典例句

2 annihilates   

n.（彻底）消灭( annihilate的名词复数 )；使无效；废止；彻底击溃v.（彻底）消灭( annihilate的第三人称单数 )；使无效；废止；彻底击溃

参考例句：

• Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the desire to act. 艺术不能影响行为。它可以根绝干某种行动的愿望。 来自辞典例句
• That which once you rode annihilates you. 昔时的坐骑，如今却要将你毁灭。 来自互联网