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THE ELDER'S REBUKE

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THE ELDER'S REBUKE¹.

"Listen！ When your hair, like mine, Takes a tint² of silver gray； When your eyes, with dimmer shine, Watch life's bubbles float away：

When you, young man, have borne like me The weary weight of sixty-three, Then shall penance³ sore be paid For those hours so wildly squandered⁴； And the words that now fall dead On your ear, be deeply pondered—— Pondered and approved at last： But their virtue⁵ will be past！

"Glorious is the prize of Duty, Though she be 'a serious power'； Treacherous⁶ all the lures⁷ of Beauty, Thorny⁸ bud and poisonous flower！

"Mirth is but a mad beguiling⁹ Of the golden-gifted time； Love——a demon-meteor, wiling¹⁰ Heedless feet to gulfs of crime.

"Those who follow earthly pleasure, Heavenly knowledge will not lead； Wisdom hides from them her treasure, Virtue bids them evil-speed！

"Vainly may their hearts repenting¹¹. Seek for aid in future years； Wisdom, scorned, knows no relenting； Virtue is not won by fears."

Thus spake the ice-blooded elder gray； The young man scoffed¹² as he turned away, Turned to the call of a sweet lute's measure, Waked by the lightsome touch of pleasure： Had he ne'er met a gentler teacher, Woe¹³ had been wrought¹⁴ by that pitiless preacher.

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1 rebuke
v.指责，非难，斥责 [反]praise
参考例句：
He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.他不得不忍受老师的严厉指责。 Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.哪怕迟到一分钟也将受到严厉的斥责。

2 tint
n.淡色，浅色；染发剂；vt.着以淡淡的颜色
参考例句：
You can't get up that naturalness and artless rosy tint in after days.你今后不再会有这种自然和朴实无华的红润脸色。 She gave me instructions on how to apply the tint.她告诉我如何使用染发剂。

3 penance
n.（赎罪的）惩罪
参考例句：
They had confessed their sins and done their penance.他们已经告罪并做了补赎。 She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。

4 squandered
v.（指钱，财产等）浪费，乱花( squander的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He squandered all his money on gambling. 他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。 She felt as indignant as if her own money had been squandered. 她心里十分生气，好像是她自己的钱给浪费掉了似的。来自飘（部分）

5 virtue
n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力
参考例句：
He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。 You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

6 treacherous
adj.不可靠的，有暗藏的危险的；adj.背叛的，背信弃义的
参考例句：
The surface water made the road treacherous for drivers.路面的积水对驾车者构成危险。 The frozen snow was treacherous to walk on.在冻雪上行走有潜在危险。

7 lures
吸引力，魅力（lure的复数形式）
参考例句：
He left home because of the lures of life in the city. 他离家是由于都市生活的诱惑。 Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures men down to the depths of the earth. 可能正是寻觅幽静的去处，或者找个猎奇的机会的欲望引诱着人们进入地球的深处。

8 thorny
adj.多刺的，棘手的
参考例句：
The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。 The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。

9 beguiling
adj.欺骗的，诱人的v.欺骗( beguile的现在分词 )；使陶醉；使高兴；消磨（时间等）
参考例句：
Her beauty was beguiling. 她美得迷人。 His date was curvaceously beguiling. 他约会是用来欺骗女性的。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 wiling
v.引诱( wile的现在分词 )；诱惑；消遣；消磨
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11 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。

12 scoffed
嘲笑，嘲弄( scoff的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He scoffed at our amateurish attempts. 他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。 A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea. 一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法。

13 woe
n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌
参考例句：
Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。 A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。

14 wrought
v.引起；以…原料制作；运转；adj.制造的
参考例句：
Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany.巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。 It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower.那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。

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