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To Cyriack Skinner

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CYRIACK whose grandsire on the royal bench

Of British Themis with no mean applause

Pronounced and in his volumes taught our laws

Which others at their bar so often wrench¹；

To-day deep thoughts resolve with me to drench²

In mirth that after no repenting³ draws；

Let Euclid rest and Archimedes pause

And what the Swede intends and what the French.

To measure life learn thou betimes and know

Toward solid good what leads the nearest way；

For other things mild Heaven a time ordains⁴

And disapproves⁵ that care though wise in show

That with superfluous⁶ burden loads the day

And when God sends a cheerful hour refrains.

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1 wrench
v.猛拧；挣脱；使扭伤；n.扳手；痛苦，难受
参考例句：
He gave a wrench to his ankle when he jumped down.他跳下去的时候扭伤了足踝。 It was a wrench to leave the old home.离开这个老家非常痛苦。

2 drench
v.使淋透，使湿透
参考例句：
He met a drench of rain.他遇上一场倾盆大雨。 They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。

3 repenting
对（自己的所为）感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的现在分词 )
参考例句：
He was repenting rapidly. 他很快就后悔了。 Repenting of his crime the thief returned the jewels and confessed to the police. 那贼对自己的罪行痛悔不已；归还了珠宝并向警方坦白。

4 ordains
v.任命（某人）为牧师( ordain的第三人称单数 )；授予（某人）圣职；（上帝、法律等）命令；判定
参考例句：
The festival ordains the Jains to observe the ten universal supreme virtues in daily practical life. 盛典命令耆那教徒日常遵守十大美德。来自互联网

5 disapproves
v.不赞成( disapprove的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
She disapproves of unmarried couples living together. 她反对未婚男女同居。来自《简明英汉词典》 Her mother disapproves of her wearing transparent underwear. 她母亲不赞成她穿透明的内衣。来自辞典例句

6 superfluous
adj.过多的，过剩的，多余的
参考例句：
She fined away superfluous matter in the design. 她删去了这图案中多余的东西。 That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.我这样写的时候觉得这个请求似乎是多此一举。