济慈诗歌和书信选(英文版)14 Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast as Thou Art
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：济慈诗歌和书信选(英文版)
英语课
Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast 1 as Thou Art
BRIGHT star! would I were steadfast as thou art—
Not in lone 2 splendour hung aloft the night,
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like Nature’s patient sleepless 3 Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors—
No—yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening 4 breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell 5,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever—or else swoon to death.
1 steadfast
adj.固定的，不变的，不动摇的；忠实的；坚贞不移的
- Her steadfast belief never left her for one moment.她坚定的信仰从未动摇过。
- He succeeded in his studies by dint of steadfast application.由于坚持不懈的努力他获得了学业上的成功。
2 lone
adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的
- A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
- She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。
3 sleepless
adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的
- The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
- One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。