原版英文故事与诗歌：On Chloris being ill
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：原版英文故事与诗歌
英语课
On Chloris being illby Robert BurnsChorus—Long, long the night,
Heavy comes the morrow
While my soul’s delight
Is on her bed of sorrow.
Can I cease to care?
Can I cease to languish 1,
While my darling Fair
Is on the couch of anguish 2?
Chorus
Ev’ry hope is fled,
Ev’ry fear is terror,
Slumber 3 ev’n I dread 4,
Ev’ry dream is horror.
Chorus
Hear me, Powers Divine!
Oh, in pity, hear me!
Take aught else of mine,
But my Chloris spare me!
Chorus
Note: Aught = anything whatever
vi.变得衰弱无力，失去活力，（植物等）凋萎
- Without the founder's drive and direction,the company gradually languished.没有了创始人的斗志与指引，公司逐渐走向没落。
- New products languish on the drawing board.新产品在计划阶段即告失败。
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼
- She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。
- The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。
n.睡眠，沉睡状态
- All the people in the hotels were wrapped in deep slumber.住在各旅馆里的人都已进入梦乡。
- Don't wake him from his slumber because he needs the rest.不要把他从睡眠中唤醒，因为他需要休息。