Palinode
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Palinode 

Daryl Hine

 

 

Orient yourself in time 

 Toward the prepossessing dawn. 

 Disenchanted by the past, 

 Turn your back forever on 

 The decadent1 and splendid West 

 And all your yesterdays in flame. 

 

Tomorrow is a promised land 

 Inevitable as success 

 Following the era you 

 Wasted in the wilderness2

 All the prophecies are true 

 And their fulfillment is at hand. 

 

Tomorrow seemed a sinecure 

 Available by force or guile3

 After your years of servitude 

 Endured beside the dirty Nile, 

 What were you able to secure 

 But exile, want and solitude4?

 

Disorient yourself away 

 From the disappointing East. 

 Forget the fair, unfortunate 

 Fake embellishments of day, 

 Its phoney promises. The last 

 Disaster has not happened yet.



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1 decadent HaYyZ     
adj.颓废的,衰落的,堕落的
参考例句:
  • Don't let decadent ideas eat into yourselves.别让颓废的思想侵蚀你们。
  • This song was once banned, because it was regarded as decadent.这首歌曾经被认定为是靡靡之音而被禁止播放。
2 wilderness SgrwS     
n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等,荒漠
参考例句:
  • She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
3 guile olNyJ     
n.诈术
参考例句:
  • He is full of guile.他非常狡诈。
  • A swindler uses guile;a robber uses force.骗子用诈术;强盗用武力。
4 solitude xF9yw     
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
参考例句:
  • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
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