原版英文故事与诗歌：On Chloris being ill

 　　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 languish¹,

 

　　While my darling fair

 

　　Is on the couch of anguish²?

 

　　Long, long the night,

 

　　Heavy comes the morrow

 

　　While my soul’s delight

 

　　Is on her bed of sorrow.

 

　　Ev’ry hope is fled,

 

　　Ev’ry fear is terror,

 

　　Slumber³ ev’n I dread⁴,

 

　　Ev’ry dream is horror.

 

　　Long, long the night,

 

　　Heavy comes the morrow

 

　　While my soul’s delight

 

　　Is on her bed of sorrow.

 

　　Hear me, Powers Divine!

 

　　Oh, in pity, hear me!

 

　　Take aught else of mine,

 

　　But my Chloris spare me!

 

　　Long, long the night,

 

　　Heavy comes the morrow

 

　　While my soul’s delight

 

　　Is on her bed of sorrow.

1 languish   

vi.变得衰弱无力，失去活力，（植物等）凋萎

参考例句：

• 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。

2 anguish   

n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼

参考例句：

• 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。

3 slumber   

n.睡眠，沉睡状态

参考例句：

• 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。

4 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。