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THE world's great age begins anew

The golden years return

The earth doth like a snake renew

Her winter weeds outworn；

Heaven smiles and faiths and empires gleam

Like wrecks² of a dissolving dream.

A brighter Hellas rears its mountains

From waves serener³ far；

A new Peneus rolls his fountains

Against the morning star；

Where fairer Tempes bloom there sleep

Young Cyclads on a sunnier deep.

A loftier Argo cleaves⁴ the main

Fraught⁵ with a later prize；

Another Orpheus sings again

And loves and weeps and dies；

A new Ulysses leaves once more

Calypso for his native shore.

O write no more the tale of Troy

If earth Death's scroll⁶ must be—

Nor mix with Laian rage the joy

Which dawns upon the free

Although a subtler Sphinx renew

Riddles⁷ of death Thebes never knew.

Another Athens shall arise

And to remoter time

Bequeath like sunset to the skies

The splendour of its prime；

And leave if naught⁸ so bright may live

All earth can take or Heaven can give.

Saturn⁹ and Love their long repose¹⁰

Shall burst more bright and good

Than all who fell than One who rose

Than many unsubdued：

Not gold not blood their altar dowers

But votive tears and symbol flowers.

O cease！ must hate and death return？

Cease！ must men kill and die？

Cease！ drain not to its dregs the urn¹

Of bitter prophecy！

The world is weary of the past—

O might it die or rest at last！

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1 urn
n.（有座脚的）瓮；坟墓；骨灰瓮
参考例句：
The urn was unearthed entire.这只瓮出土完整无缺。 She put the big hot coffee urn on the table and plugged it in.她将大咖啡壶放在桌子上,接上电源。

2 wrecks
n.沉船( wreck的名词复数 )；（事故中）遭严重毁坏的汽车（或飞机等）；（身体或精神上）受到严重损伤的人；状况非常糟糕的车辆（或建筑物等）v.毁坏[毁灭]某物( wreck的第三人称单数 )；使（船舶）失事，使遇难，使下沉
参考例句：
The shores are strewn with wrecks. 海岸上满布失事船只的残骸。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 My next care was to get together the wrecks of my fortune. 第二件我所关心的事就是集聚破产后的余财。来自辞典例句

3 serener
serene（沉静的，宁静的，安宁的）的比较级形式
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4 cleaves
v.劈开，剁开，割开( cleave的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
This wood cleaves easily. 这木材好劈。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 The water cleaves the banks away like a knife. 河水象一把刀似的，把两岸削掉。来自辞典例句

5 fraught
adj.充满…的，伴有(危险等)的；忧虑的
参考例句：
The coming months will be fraught with fateful decisions.未来数月将充满重大的决定。 There's no need to look so fraught!用不着那么愁眉苦脸的！

6 scroll
n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡
参考例句：
As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。 He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

7 riddles
n.谜（语）( riddle的名词复数 )；猜不透的难题，难解之谜
参考例句：
Few riddles collected from oral tradition, however, have all six parts. 但是据收集的情况看，口头流传的谜语很少具有这完整的六部分。来自英汉非文学 - 民俗 But first, you'd better see if you can answer riddles. 但是你首先最好想想你会不会猜谜语。来自辞典例句

8 naught
n.无，零 [=nought]
参考例句：
He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。 I hope that all your efforts won't go for naught.我希望你的努力不会毫无结果。

9 Saturn
n.农神，土星
参考例句：
Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings.天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 These comparisons suggested that Saturn is made of lighter materials.这些比较告诉我们，土星由较轻的物质构成。

10 repose
v.(使)休息；n.安息
参考例句：
Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。 Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。

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