QUITE FORSAKEN

    WHAT pain, to wake and miss you!

       To wake with a tightened¹ heart,

     And mouth reaching forward to kiss you!

 

     This then at last is the dawn, and the bell

       Clanging at the farm! Such bewilderment

     Comes with the sight of the room, I cannot tell.

 

     It is raining. Down the half-obscure road

       Four labourers pass with their scythes²

     Dejectedly;—a huntsman goes by with his load:

 

     A gun, and a bunched-up deer, its four little feet

       Clustered dead.—And this is the dawn

     For which I wanted the night to retreat!

1 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

2 scythes   

n.（长柄）大镰刀( scythe的名词复数 )v.（长柄）大镰刀( scythe的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Scythes swished to and fro. 长柄大镰刀嗖嗖地来回挥动。 来自辞典例句
• I'll tell you what: go to the forge now and get some more scythes. 我告诉你怎么做：你现在就去铁匠店多买几把镰刀回来。 来自互联网