ELYSIUM

      I HAVE found a place of loneliness

     Lonelier than Lyonesse

     Lovelier than Paradise;

 

     Full of sweet stillness

     That no noise can transgress¹

     Never a lamp distress².

 

     The full moon sank in state.

     I saw her stand and wait

     For her watchers to shut the gate.

 

     Then I found myself in a wonderland

     All of shadow and of bland³

     Silence hard to understand.

 

     I waited therefore; then I knew

     The presence of the flowers that grew

     Noiseless, their wonder noiseless blew.

 

     And flashing kingfishers that flew

     In sightless beauty, and the few

     Shadows the passing wild-beast threw.

 

     And Eve approaching over the ground

     Unheard and subtle, never a sound

     To let me know that I was found.

 

     Invisible the hands of Eve

     Upon me travelling to reeve

     Me from the matrix, to relieve

 

     Me from the rest! Ah terribly

     Between the body of life and me

     Her hands slid in and set me free.

 

     Ah, with a fearful, strange detection

     She found the source of my subjection

     To the All, and severed⁴ the connection.

 

     Delivered helpless and amazed

     From the womb of the All, I am waiting, dazed

     For memory to be erased⁵.

 

     Then I shall know the Elysium

     That lies outside the monstrous⁶ womb

     Of time from out of which I come.

1 transgress   

vt.违反，逾越

参考例句：

• Your words must't transgress the local laws .你的言辞不能违反当地法律。
• No one is permitted to have privileges to transgress the law. 不允许任何人有超越法律的特权。

2 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

3 bland   

adj.淡而无味的，温和的，无刺激性的

参考例句：

• He eats bland food because of his stomach trouble.他因胃病而吃清淡的食物。
• This soup is too bland for me.这汤我喝起来偏淡。

4 severed   

v.切断，断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 erased   

v.擦掉( erase的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；清除

参考例句：

• He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 monstrous   

adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的

参考例句：

• The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
• Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！