Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (33)_经典赏析

Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (33)

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THE BRIDGE OF DEATH.

'THE dance is on the Bridge of Death And who will dance with me？' 'There's never a man of living men Will dare to dance with thee.'

Now Margaret's gone within her bower¹ Put ashes in her hair, And sackcloth on her bonny breast, And on her shoulders bare.

There came a knock to her bower door, And blithe² she let him in； It was her brother from the wars, The dearest of her kin³.

'Set gold within your hair, Margaret, Set gold within your hair, And gold upon your girdle band, And on your breast so fair.

'For we are bidden to dance to-night, We may not bide⁴ away； This one good night, this one fair night, Before the red new day.'

'Nay⁵, no gold for my head brother, Nay, no gold for my hair； It is the ashes and dust of earth That you and I must wear.

'No gold work for my girdle band, No gold work on my feet； But ashes of the fire, my love, But dust that the serpents eat.'

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1 bower
n.凉亭，树荫下凉快之处；闺房；v.荫蔽
参考例句：
They sat under the leafy bower at the end of the garden and watched the sun set.他们坐在花园尽头由叶子搭成的凉棚下观看落日。 Mrs. Quilp was pining in her bower.奎尔普太太正在她的闺房里度着愁苦的岁月。

2 blithe
adj.快乐的，无忧无虑的
参考例句：
Tonight,however,she was even in a blithe mood than usual.但是，今天晚上她比往常还要高兴。 He showed a blithe indifference to her feelings.他显得毫不顾及她的感情。

3 kin
n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的
参考例句：
He comes of good kin.他出身好。 She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。

4 bide
v.忍耐；等候；住
参考例句：
We'll have to bide our time until the rain stops.我们必须等到雨停。 Bide here for a while. 请在这儿等一会儿。

5 nay
adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者
参考例句：
He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。 Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。