PARADISE RE-ENTERED

  THROUGH the strait gate of passion,

     Between the bickering¹ fire

     Where flames of fierce love tremble

     On the body of fierce desire:

 

     To the intoxication²,

     The mind, fused down like a bead³,

     Flees in its agitation⁴

     The flames' stiff speed:

 

     At last to calm incandescence⁵,

     Burned clean by remorseless hate,

     Now, at the day's renascence

     We approach the gate.

 

     Now, from the darkened spaces

     Of fear, and of frightened faces,

     Death, in our awful embraces

     Approached and passed by;

 

     We near the flame-burnt porches

     Where the brands of the angels, like torches

     Whirl,—in these perilous⁶ marches

     Pausing to sigh;

 

     We look back on the withering⁷ roses,

     The stars, in their sun-dimmed closes,

     Where 'twas given us to repose⁸ us

     Sure on our sanctity;

 

     Beautiful, candid⁹ lovers,

     Burnt out of our earthy covers,

     We might have nestled like plovers¹⁰

     In the fields of eternity¹¹.

 

     There, sure in sinless being,

     All-seen, and then all-seeing,

     In us life unto death agreeing,

     We might have lain.

 

     But we storm the angel-guarded

     Gates of the long-discarded,

     Garden, which God has hoarded¹²

     Against our pain.

 

     The Lord of Hosts, and the Devil

     Are left on Eternity's level

     Field, and as victors we travel

     To Eden home.

 

     Back beyond good and evil

     Return we. Eve dishevel

     Your hair for the bliss-drenched revel¹³

     On our primal¹⁴ loam¹⁵.

 

1 bickering   

v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 )；口角；（水等）作潺潺声；闪烁

参考例句：

• The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
• The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 intoxication   

n.wild excitement;drunkenness；poisoning

参考例句：

• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。
• Predator: Intoxication-Damage over time effect will now stack with other allies. Predator:Intoxication,持续性伤害的效果将会与队友相加。

3 bead   

n.念珠；(pl.)珠子项链；水珠

参考例句：

• She accidentally swallowed a glass bead.她不小心吞下了一颗玻璃珠。
• She has a beautiful glass bead and a bracelet in the box.盒子里有一颗美丽的玻璃珠和手镯。

4 agitation   

n.搅动；搅拌；鼓动，煽动

参考例句：

• Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores.小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。
• These materials require constant agitation to keep them in suspension.这些药剂要经常搅动以保持悬浮状态。

5 incandescence   

n.白热，炽热；白炽

参考例句：

• A fine wire is heated electrically to incandescence in an electric lamp. 灯丝在电灯中电加时成白炽状态。 来自辞典例句
• A fine wire heated electrically to incandescence in an electric lamp. 电灯光亮来自白热的灯丝。 来自互联网

6 perilous   

adj.危险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• The journey through the jungle was perilous.穿过丛林的旅行充满了危险。
• We have been carried in safety through a perilous crisis.历经一连串危机，我们如今已安然无恙。

7 withering   

使人畏缩的，使人害羞的，使人难堪的

参考例句：

• She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
• The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。

8 repose   

v.(使)休息；n.安息

参考例句：

• Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。
• Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。

9 candid   

adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的

参考例句：

• I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
• He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。

10 plovers   

n.珩，珩科鸟（如凤头麦鸡）( plover的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The most likely reason for this is that male plovers outnumber females. 导致这种现象最可能的原因是雄性？鸟比雌性多。 来自互联网

11 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

12 hoarded   

v.积蓄并储藏（某物）( hoard的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It owned great properties and often hoarded huge treasures. 它拥有庞大的财产，同时往往窖藏巨额的财宝。 来自辞典例句
• Sylvia among them, good-naturedly applaud so much long-hoarded treasure of useless knowing. 西尔维亚也在他们中间，为那些长期珍藏的无用知识，友好地、起劲地鼓掌。 来自互联网

13 revel   

vi.狂欢作乐，陶醉；n.作乐，狂欢

参考例句：

• She seems to revel in annoying her parents.她似乎以惹父母生气为乐。
• The children revel in country life.孩子们特别喜欢乡村生活。

14 primal   

adj.原始的；最重要的

参考例句：

• Jealousy is a primal emotion.嫉妒是最原始的情感。
• Money was a primal necessity to them.对于他们，钱是主要的需要。

15 loam   

n.沃土

参考例句：

• Plant the seeds in good loam.把种子种在好的壤土里。
• One occupies relatively dry sandy loam soils.一个则占据较干旱的沙壤土。