SINNERS

  THE big mountains sit still in the afternoon light

        Shadows in their lap;

     The bees roll round in the wild-thyme with de-

          light.

 

     We sitting here among the cranberries¹

        So still in the gap

     Of rock, distilling² our memories

 

     Are sinners! Strange! The bee that blunders

        Against me goes off with a laugh.

     A squirrel cocks his head on the fence, and

          wonders

 

     What about sin?—For, it seems

        The mountains have

     No shadow of us on their snowy forehead of

          dreams

 

     As they ought to have. They rise above us

        Dreaming

     For ever. One even might think that they love us.

 

       Little red cranberries cheek to cheek,

        Two great dragon-flies wrestling;

        You, with your forehead nestling

        Against me, and bright peak shining to peak—

 

     There's a love-song for you!—Ah, if only

        There were no teeming³

     Swarms of mankind in the world, and we were

          less lonely!

 

      MAYRHOFEN

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1 cranberries   

n.越橘( cranberry的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tart flavour of the cranberries adds piquancy. 越橘的酸味很可口。
• Look at the fresh cranberries. 你看这些新鲜的蔓越橘。 来自无师自通 校园英语会话

2 distilling   

n.蒸馏（作用）v.蒸馏( distil的过去式和过去分词 )( distilled的过去分词 )；从…提取精华

参考例句：

• Water can be made pure by distilling it. 水经蒸馏可变得纯净。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• More ammonium sulphate solution is being recovered in the process of distilling oil shale. 在提炼油页岩的过程中回收的硫酸铵液比过去多了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 teeming   

adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 )；到处都是；（指水、雨等）暴降；倾注

参考例句：

• The rain was teeming down. 大雨倾盆而下。
• the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道