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The unpurged images of day recede¹；

The Emperor‘s drunken soldiery are abed；

Night resonance² recedes³， night-walkers‘ song

After great cathedral gong；

A starlit or a moonlit dome⁴ disdains⁵

All that man is，

All mere⁶ complexities⁷，

The fury and the mire⁸ of human veins⁹.

Before me floats an image， man or shade，

Shade more than man， more image than a shade；

For Hades‘ bobbin bound in mummy-cloth

May unwind the winding¹⁰ path；

A mouth that has no moisture and no breath

Breathless mouths may summon；

I hail the superhuman；

I call it death-in-life and life-in-death.

Miracle， bird or golden handiwork，

More miracle than bird or handiwork，

Planted on the star-lit golden bough¹¹，

Can like the cocks of Hades crow，

Or， by the moon embittered¹²， scorn aloud

In glory of changeless metal

Common bird or petal¹³

And all complexities of mire or blood.

At midnight on the Emperor‘s pavement flit

Flames that no faggot feeds， nor steel has lit，

Nor storm disturbs， flames begotten¹⁴ of flame，

Where blood-begotten spirits come

And all complexities of fury leave，

Dying into a dance，

An agony of trance，

An agony of flame that cannot singe¹⁵ a sleeve.

Astraddle on the dolphin‘s mire and blood，

Spirit after spirit！ The smithies break the flood，

The golden smithies of the Emperor！

Marbles of the dancing floor

Break bitter furies of complexity¹⁶，

Those images that yet

Fresh images beget¹⁷，

That dolphin-torn， that gong-tormented sea.

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1 recede
vi.退(去)，渐渐远去；向后倾斜，缩进
参考例句：
The colleges would recede in importance.大学的重要性会降低。 He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。

2 resonance
n.洪亮；共鸣；共振
参考例句：
Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments.一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 The areas under the two resonance envelopes are unequal.两个共振峰下面的面积是不相等的。

3 recedes
v.逐渐远离( recede的第三人称单数 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题
参考例句：
For this reason the near point gradually recedes as one grows older. 由于这个原因，随着人渐渐变老，近点便逐渐后退。来自辞典例句 Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness. 缄默的、悲哀的、被抛弃的、支离破碎的捷克斯洛伐克，已在黑暗之中。来自辞典例句

4 dome
n.圆屋顶，拱顶
参考例句：
The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。 They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。

5 disdains
鄙视，轻蔑( disdain的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He disdains going to the cinema/to sit with people like us. 他不屑于去看电影[与我们这等人同席而坐]。 Ideology transcends limits, eschews restraints, and disdains tolerance or conciliation. 意识形态越出界限，避开遏制，蔑视宽容或和解。

6 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。

7 complexities
复杂性(complexity的名词复数)；复杂的事物
参考例句：
The complexities of life bothered him. 生活的复杂使他困惑。 The complexities of life bothered me. 生活的杂乱事儿使我心烦。

8 mire
n.泥沼，泥泞；v.使...陷于泥泞，使...陷入困境
参考例句：
I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.我不想使我儿子的名誉扫地。 He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

9 veins
n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理
参考例句：
The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。来自《简明英汉词典》 I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 winding
n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈
参考例句：
A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。 The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

11 bough
n.大树枝，主枝
参考例句：
I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.我把钓鱼竿靠在一棵松树的大树枝上。 Every bough was swinging in the wind.每条树枝都在风里摇摆。

12 embittered
v.使怨恨，激怒( embitter的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
These injustices embittered her even more. 不公平使她更加受苦。来自《简明英汉词典》 The artist was embittered by public neglect. 大众的忽视于那位艺术家更加难受。来自《简明英汉词典》

13 petal
n.花瓣
参考例句：
Each white petal had a stripe of red.每一片白色的花瓣上都有一条红色的条纹。 A petal fluttered to the ground.一片花瓣飘落到地上。

14 begotten
v.为…之生父( beget的过去分词 )；产生，引起
参考例句：
The fact that he had begotten a child made him vain. 想起自己也生过孩子，他得意了。来自辞典例句 In due course she bore the son begotten on her by Thyestes. 过了一定的时候，她生下了堤厄斯式斯使她怀上的儿子。来自辞典例句

15 singe
v.(轻微地)烧焦；烫焦；烤焦
参考例句：
If the iron is too hot you'll singe that nightdress.如果熨斗过热，你会把睡衣烫焦。 It is also important to singe knitted cloth to obtain a smooth surface.对针织物进行烧毛处理以获得光洁的表面也是很重要的。

16 complexity
n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物
参考例句：
Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。 The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

17 beget
v.引起；产生
参考例句：
Dragons beget dragons,phoenixes beget phoenixes.龙生龙，凤生凤。 Economic tensions beget political ones.经济紧张导致政治紧张。

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