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Advice to a Prophet

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When you come， as you soon must， to the streets of our city，

Mad-eyed from stating the obvious，

Not proclaiming our fall but begging us

In God's name to have self-pity，

Spare us all word of the weapons， their force and range，

The long numbers that rocket the mind；

Our slow， unreckoning hearts will be left behind，

Unable to fear what is too strange.

Nor shall you scare us with talk of the death of the race.

How should we dream of this place without us？——

The sun mere¹ fire， the leaves untroubled about us，

A stone look on the stone's face？

Speak of the world's own change. Though we cannot conceive

Of an undreamt thing， we know to our cost

How the dreamt cloud crumbles²， the vines are blackened by frost，

How the view alters. We could believe，

If you told us so， that the white-tailed deer will slip

Into perfect shade， grown perfectly³ shy，

The lark⁴ avoid the reaches of our eye，

The jack-pine lose its knuckled⁵ grip

On the cold ledge⁶， and every torrent⁷ burn

As Xanthus once， its gliding⁸ trout⁹

Stunned¹⁰ in a twinkling. What should we be without

The dolphin's arc， the dove's return，

These things in which we have seen ourselves and spoken？

Ask us， prophet， how we shall call

Our natures forth¹¹ when that live tongue is all

Dispelled¹²， that glass obscured or broken

In which we have said the rose of our love and the clean

Horse of our courage， in which beheld¹³

The singing locust¹⁴ of the soul unshelled，

And all we mean or wish to mean.

Ask us， ask us whether with the worldless rose

Our hearts shall fail us； come demanding

Whether there shall be lofty or long standing¹⁵

When the bronze annals of the oak-tree close.

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1 mere
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。 It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

2 crumbles
酥皮水果甜点( crumble的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This cake crumbles too easily. 这种蛋糕太容易碎了。 This bread crumbles ever so easily. 这种面包非常容易碎。

3 perfectly
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
参考例句：
The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。 Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 lark
n.云雀，百灵鸟；n.嬉戏，玩笑；vi.嬉戏
参考例句：
He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。 She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。

5 knuckled
v.（指人）指关节( knuckle的过去式和过去分词 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝
参考例句：
He knuckled me in the chest. 他用指关节敲击我的胸部。来自辞典例句 Mr. Cruncher knuckled his forehead, as Sydney Carton and the spy returned from the dark room. 克朗彻先生用指关节敲敲自己的前额，这时西德尼 - 卡尔顿和密探从黑屋出来了。来自英汉文学 - 双城记

6 ledge
n.壁架，架状突出物；岩架，岩礁
参考例句：
They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。 Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。

7 torrent
n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发
参考例句：
The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。 Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。

8 gliding
v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的
参考例句：
Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。 The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。

9 trout
n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)
参考例句：
Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。 We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。

10 stunned
adj. 震惊的，惊讶的动词stun的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。 The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

11 forth
adv.向前；向外，往外
参考例句：
The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。 He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

12 dispelled
v.驱散，赶跑( dispel的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
His speech dispelled any fears about his health. 他的发言消除了人们对他身体健康的担心。 The sun soon dispelled the thick fog. 太阳很快驱散了浓雾。来自《简明英汉词典》

13 beheld
v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟
参考例句：
His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。来自《简明英汉词典》 The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。来自英汉文学 - 红字

14 locust
n.蝗虫；洋槐，刺槐
参考例句：
A locust is a kind of destructive insect.蝗虫是一种害虫。 This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面。

15 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

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