英语沙龙：On Sitting down to Read King Lear Once Again

On Sitting down to Read King Lear Once Again

golden-tongued Romance with serene¹ lute²! 

Fair plumed³ Syren! Queen of far away! 

Leave melodizing on this wintry day, 

Shut up thine olden pages, and be mute: 

Adieu! for once again the fierce dispute, 

Betwixt damnation and impassion'd clay 

Must I burn through; once more humbly⁴ assay 

The bitter-sweet of this Shakespearian fruit. 

Chief Poet! and ye clouds of Albion, 

Begetters of our deep eternal theme, 

When through the old oak forest I am gone, 

Let me not wander in a barren dream, 

But when I am consumed in the fire, 

Give me new Phoenix⁵ wings to fly at my desire.

1 serene   

adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的

参考例句：

• He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
• He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。

2 lute   

n.琵琶，鲁特琴

参考例句：

• He idly plucked the strings of the lute.他漫不经心地拨弄着鲁特琴的琴弦。
• He knows how to play the Chinese lute.他会弹琵琶。

3 plumed   

饰有羽毛的

参考例句：

• The knight plumed his helmet with brilliant red feathers. 骑士用鲜红的羽毛装饰他的头盔。
• The eagle plumed its wing. 这只鹰整理它的翅膀。

4 humbly   

adv. 恭顺地，谦卑地

参考例句：

• We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy. 我们恳请陛下发发慈悲。
• "You must be right, Sir,'said John humbly. “你一定是对的，先生，”约翰恭顺地说道。

5 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。