英语沙龙：Old Meg She was a Gipsy

Old Meg She was a Gipsy

I.

OLD MEG she was a Gipsy, 

And liv'd upon the Moors: 

Her bed it was the brown heath turf, 

And her house was out of doors.

II.

Her apples were swart blackberries, 

Herr currants pods o'broom; 

Her wine was dew¹ of the wild white rose, 

Her book a churchyard tomb.

III.

Her Brothers were the craggy hills, 

Her Sisters larchen trees - 

Alone with her great family 

She live'd as she did please

IV.

No breakfast had she many a morn, 

No dinner many a noon, 

And 'stead of supper she would stare 

Full hard against the Moon.

V.

But every morn of woodbine fresh 

She made her garlanding, 

And every night the dark glen Yew 

She wove, and she would sing.

VI.

And with her fingers old and brown 

She plaited mats o' Rushes, 

And gave them to the Cottagers 

She met among the Bushes.

VII.

Old Meg was brave as Margaret Queen 

And tall as Amazon: 

An old red blanket cloak² she wore; 

A chip hat had she on. 

God rest her aged³ bones somewhere - 

She died full long agone!

1 dew   

n.露，露水

参考例句：

• His new shoes were wet with dew.他的那双新鞋被露水弄湿了。
• The dew on the branches drizzled our hair and shoulders.枝头上的露珠润湿了我们的头发和双肩。

2 cloak   

n.斗蓬，披风，掩饰，幌子；vt.掩盖，掩饰

参考例句：

• The snow covered up the fields with a white cloak.积雪给田野盖上了一件白色的外衣。
• She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.她把一件厚重的羊毛斗篷披在肩上。

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。