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NEW YEAR'S NIGHT

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Now you are mine, to-night at last I say it;

You're a dove I have bought for sacrifice,

And to-night I slay¹ it.

Here in my arms my naked sacrifice!

Death, do you hear, in my arms I am bringing

My offering, bought at great price.

She's a silvery dove worth more than all I've got.

Now I offer her up to the ancient, inexorable God,

Who knows me not.

Look, she's a wonderful dove, without blemish² or

spot!

I sacrifice all in her, my last of the world,

Pride, strength, all the lot.

All, all on the altar! And death swooping³ down

Like a falcon⁴. 'Tis God has taken the victim;

I have won my renown⁵.

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1 slay
v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮
参考例句：
He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。 She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。

2 blemish
v.损害；玷污；瑕疵，缺点
参考例句：
The slightest blemish can reduce market value.只要有一点最小的损害都会降低市场价值。 He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。

3 swooping
俯冲，猛冲( swoop的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The wind were swooping down to tease the waves. 大风猛扑到海面上戏弄着浪涛。 And she was talking so well-swooping with swift wing this way and that. 而她却是那样健谈--一下子谈到东，一下子谈到西。

4 falcon
n.隼，猎鹰
参考例句：
The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。 The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。

5 renown
n.声誉，名望
参考例句：
His renown has spread throughout the country.他的名声已传遍全国。 She used to be a singer of some renown.她曾是位小有名气的歌手。

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