SPRING MORNING

   AH, through the open door

     Is there an almond tree

     Aflame with blossom!

        —Let us fight no more.

 

     Among the pink and blue

     Of the sky and the almond flowers

     A sparrow flutters.

        —We have come through,

 

     It is really spring!—See,

     When he thinks himself alone

     How he bullies¹ the flowers.

        —Ah, you and me

 

     How happy we'll be!—See him

     He clouts² the tufts of flowers

     In his impudence³.

        —But, did you dream

 

     It would be so bitter? Never mind

     It is finished, the spring is here.

     And we're going to be summer-happy

        And summer-kind.

 

     We have died, we have slain⁴ and been slain,

     We are not our old selves any more.

     I feel new and eager

        To start again.

 

     It is gorgeous to live and forget.

     And to feel quite new.

     See the bird in the flowers?—he's making

        A rare to-do!

 

     He thinks the whole blue sky

     Is much less than the bit of blue egg

     He's got in his nest—we'll be happy

        You and I, I and you.

 

     With nothing to fight any more—

     In each other, at least.

     See, how gorgeous the world is

        Outside the door!

 

      SAN GAUDENZIO

1 bullies   

n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负

参考例句：

• Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
• Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。

2 clouts   

n.猛打( clout的名词复数 )；敲打；（尤指政治上的）影响；（用手或硬物的）击v.（尤指用手）猛击，重打( clout的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

3 impudence   

n.厚颜无耻；冒失；无礼

参考例句：

• His impudence provoked her into slapping his face.他的粗暴让她气愤地给了他一耳光。
• What knocks me is his impudence.他的厚颜无耻使我感到吃惊。

4 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。