英语杂谈：54 The Flight of Youth

There are gains for all our losses.

There are balms for all our pain;

But when youth,the dream,departs,

It takes something from our hearts,

And it never comes again.

We are stronger, and are better,

Under manhood’s sterner reign¹;

Still we feel that something sweet

Following youth, with flying feet,

And will never come again.

Something beautiful is vanished, And we sigh for it in vain;

We behold² it everywhere,

On the earth, and in the air,

But it never comes again!

 

1 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

2 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。