Returned for valiant labour: she and they

Defeated and victorious turn by turn;



By loss enriched, by overthrow restored.

Exchange of powers of this conflict came;



Defacement none, nor ever squandered force.

Is battle nature's mandate, here it reigned,



As music unto the hand that smote the strings;

And she the rosier from their showery brows,



They fruitful from her ploughed and harrowed breast.

Back to the primal rational of those



Who suck the teats of milky earth, and clasp

Stability in hatred of the insane,



Man stepped; with wits less fearful to pronounce

The mortal mind's concept of earth's divorced



Above; those beautiful, those masterful,

Those lawless. High they sit, and if descend,



Descend to reap, not sowing. Is it just?

Earth in her happy children asked that word,



Whereto within their breast was her reply.

Those beautiful, those masterful, those lawless,



Enjoy the life prolonged, outleap the years;

Yet they ('twas the Great Mother's voice inspired



The audacious thought), they, glorious over dust,

Outleap not her; disrooted from her soar,



To meet the certain fate of earth's divorced,

And clap lame wings across a wintry haze,



Up to the farthest bourne: immortal still,

Thenceforth innocuous; lovelier than when ruled



The Tyranny. This her voice within them told,

When softly the Great Mother chid her sons



Not of the giant brood, who did create

Those lawless Gods, first offspring of our brain



Set moving by an abject blood, that waked

To wanton under elements more benign,



And planted aliens on Olympian heights; -

Imagination's cradle poesy



Become a monstrouspressure upon men; -

Foes of good Gaea; until dispossessed



By light from her, born of the love of her,

Their lordship the illumined brain rejects



For earth's beneficent, the sons of Law,

Her other name. So spake she in their heart,



Among the wheat-blades proud of stalk; beneath

Young vine-leaves pushing timid fingers forth,



Confidently to cling. And when brown corn

Swayed armied ranks with softened cricket song,



With gold necks bent for any zephyr's kiss;

When vine-roots daily down a rubble soil



Drank fire of heaven athirst to swell the grape;

When swelled the grape, and in it held a ray,



Rich issue of the embrace of heaven and earth;

The very eye of passion drowsed by excess,



And yet a burning lion for the spring;

Then in that time of general cherishment,



Sweet breathing balm and flutes by cool wood-side,

He the harsh rouser of ire being absent, caged,



Then did good Gaea's children gratefully

Lift hymns to Gods they judged, but praised for peace,



Delightful Peace, that answers Reason's call

Harmoniously and images her Law;



Reflects, and though short-lived as then, revives,

In memories made present on the brain



By natural yearnings, all the happy scenes;

The picture of an earth allied to heaven;



Between them the known smile behind black masks;

Rightly their various moods interpreted;



And frolic because toilful children borne

With larger comprehension of Earth's aim



At loftier, clearer, sweeter, by their aid.

THE NIGHT-WALK



Awakes for me and leaps from shroud

All radiantly the moon's own night

• scarlet [´skɑ:lit] n.猩红色 a.猩红的 (初中英语单词)


• generous [´dʒenərəs] a.慷慨的；丰盛的 (初中英语单词)


• measure [´meʒə] n.量度；范围 vt.测量 (初中英语单词)


• excess [´ekses] n.超过 a.过分的 (初中英语单词)


• vessel [´vesəl] n.容器；船；脉管 (初中英语单词)


• scarce [skeəs, skers] a.缺乏的；稀有的 (初中英语单词)


• shaken [´ʃeikən] shake的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• laughter [´lɑ:ftə] n.笑，笑声 (初中英语单词)


• barren [´bærən] a.贫瘠的；不生育的 (初中英语单词)


• dispute [di´spju:t] v.&n.争论，辩论；争吵 (初中英语单词)


• sometime [´sʌmtaim] ad.曾经 a.从前的 (初中英语单词)


• pointed [´pɔintid] a.尖(锐)的；中肯的 (初中英语单词)


• restless [´restləs] a.没有休息的 (初中英语单词)


• fountain [´fauntin] n.泉水；源泉；根源 (初中英语单词)


• opening [´əupəniŋ] n.开放；开端 a.开始的 (初中英语单词)


• challenge [´tʃælindʒ] n.&vt.向….挑战；怀疑 (初中英语单词)


• conflict [´kɔnflikt, kən´flikt] n.&vi.战斗；抵触 (初中英语单词)


• hatred [´heitrid] n.憎恨，敌意 (初中英语单词)


• fearful [´fiəfəl] a.可怕的；担心的 (初中英语单词)


• concept [´kɔnsept] n.概念；观念；思想 (初中英语单词)


• glorious [´glɔ:riəs] a.光荣的；辉煌的 (初中英语单词)


• immortal [i´mɔ:təl] a.不死的n.不朽的人物 (初中英语单词)


• softly [´sɔftli] ad.软化地；柔和地 (初中英语单词)


• cradle [´kreidl] n.摇篮；发源地 (初中英语单词)


• pressure [´preʃə] n.压榨 vt.对…施压力 (初中英语单词)


• embrace [im´breis] vt.&n.拥抱；采纳；信奉 (初中英语单词)


• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)


• absent [´æbsənt, əb´sent] a.不在的 vt.使缺席 (初中英语单词)


• allied [´ælaid] a.联合的；联姻的 (初中英语单词)


• heavenly [´hevənli] a.天的，天空的 (高中英语单词)


• earthly [´ə:θli] a.地球的；世俗的 (高中英语单词)


• majestic [mə´dʒestik] a.雄伟的；崇高的 (高中英语单词)


• stricken [´strikən] strike的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• response [ri´spɔns] n.回答；响应 (高中英语单词)


• foliage [´fəuli-idʒ] n.叶子，簇叶 (高中英语单词)


• forlorn [fə´lɔ:n] a.被遗弃的；绝望的 (高中英语单词)


• crowded [´kraudid] a.充(拥)满了的 (高中英语单词)


• descent [di´sent] n.出身，家世 (高中英语单词)


• tyranny [´tirəni] n.暴政；专制政治 (高中英语单词)


• hurried [´hʌrid] a.仓促的，慌忙的 (高中英语单词)


• trumpet [´trʌmpit] n.喇叭；小号 (高中英语单词)


• cavern [´kævən] n.大山洞；大岩洞 (高中英语单词)


• famine [´fæmin] n.饥荒 (高中英语单词)


• fruitful [´fru:tfəl] a.成功的；丰富的 (高中英语单词)


• bronze [brɔnz] n.青铜(器) (高中英语单词)


• shatter [´ʃætə] v.毁坏 n.粉碎；碎片 (高中英语单词)


• victorious [vik´tɔ:riəs] a.得胜的，胜利的 (高中英语单词)


• overthrow [´əuvəθrəu] n.推翻；打倒 (高中英语单词)


• mortal [´mɔ:tl] a.致命的 n.凡人 (高中英语单词)


• monstrous [´mɔnstrəs] a.怪异的；庞大的 (高中英语单词)


• lordship [´lɔ:dʃip] n.贵族权力；阁下 (高中英语单词)


• cricket [´krikit] n.蟋蟀；板球 (高中英语单词)


• frolic [´frɔlik] n.&v.嬉戏 a.嬉戏的 (高中英语单词)


• comprehension [,kɔmpri´henʃən] n.理解；领悟 (高中英语单词)


• luminous [´lu:minəs] a.发光的；明晰的 (英语四级单词)


• superb [su:´pə:b, sju:-] a.宏伟的；极好的 (英语四级单词)


• debtor [´detə] n.债务人；借方 (英语四级单词)


• adventurous [əd´ventʃərəs] a.冒险的；惊险的 (英语四级单词)


• triumphant [trai´ʌmfənt] a.胜利的；洋洋得意的 (英语四级单词)


• envious [´enviəs] a.妒忌的，羡慕的 (英语四级单词)


• whereat [weər´æt] ad.对于…；在这里 (英语四级单词)


• villain [´vilən] n.坏人；恶棍；反面角色 (英语四级单词)


• composure [kəm´pəuʒə] n.镇静，沉着 (英语四级单词)


• morrow [´mɔrəu] n.翌日 (英语四级单词)


• whereof [weər´ɔv] ad.关于什么；关于那事 (英语四级单词)


• valiant [´væliənt] a.勇敢的，英勇的 (英语四级单词)


• rational [´ræʃənəl] a.(有)理性的；合理的 (英语四级单词)


• lawless [´lɔ:ləs] a.无法无天的 (英语四级单词)


• farthest [´fɑ:ðist] ad.&a.最远(的) (英语四级单词)


• wanton [´wɔntən, ´wɑ:n-] a.顽皮的 n.&vi.荡妇 (英语四级单词)


• piercing [´piəsiŋ] a.刺(贯)穿的；尖刻的 (英语六级单词)


• doleful [´dəulful] a.悲哀的；忧郁的 (英语六级单词)


• reckoning [´rekəniŋ] n.计算；算帐；估计 (英语六级单词)


• helplessness [´helplisnis] n.无能为力 (英语六级单词)


• godlike [´gɔdlaik] a.神似的 (英语六级单词)


• olympus [əu´limpəs] n.(希腊)奥林匹斯山 (英语六级单词)


• pestilence [´pestiləns] n.瘟(鼠)疫；毒害(物) (英语六级单词)


• indomitable [in´dɔmitəbəl] a.不屈不挠的 (英语六级单词)


• mandate [´mændeit] n.训令；委任 vt.托管 (英语六级单词)


• wintry [´wintri] a.冬天的；荒凉的 (英语六级单词)


• abject [´æbdʒekt] a.卑鄙的；可怜的 (英语六级单词)