IThe Trumpet-Vine ArbourThe throats of the little red trumpet-flowers are wide open,And the clangour of brass1 beats against the hot sunlight.They bray2 and blare at the burning sky.Red! Red! Coarse notes of red,Trumpeted at the blue sky.In long streaks3 of sound, molten metal,The vine declares itself.Clang! -- from its red and yellow trumpets4.Clang! -- from its long, nasal trumpets,Splitting the sunlight into ribbons, tattered5 and shot with noise.I sit in the cool arbour, in a green-and-gold twilight6.It is very still, for I cannot hear the trumpets,I only know that they are red and open,And that the sun above the arbour shakes with heat.My quill7 is newly mended,And makes fine-drawn lines with its point.Down the long, white paper it makes little lines,Just lines -- up -- down -- criss-cross.My heart is strained out at the pin-point of my quill;It is thin and writhing8 like the marks of the pen.My hand marches to a squeaky tune,It marches down the paper to a squealing9 of fifes.My pen and the trumpet-flowers,And Washington's armies away over the smoke-tree to the Southwest."Yankee Doodle," my Darling! It is you against the British,Marching in your ragged10 shoes to batter11 down King George.What have you got in your hat? Not a feather, I wager12.Just a hay-straw, for it is the harvest you are fighting for.Hay in your hat, and the whites of their eyes for a target!Like Bunker Hill, two years ago, when I watched all day from the house-topThrough Father's spy-glass.The red city, and the blue, bright water,And puffs13 of smoke which you made.Twenty miles away,Round by Cambridge, or over the Neck,But the smoke was white -- white!To-day the trumpet-flowers are red -- red --And I cannot see you fighting,But old Mr. Dimond has fled to Canada,And Myra sings "Yankee Doodle" at her milking.The red throats of the trumpets bray and clang in the sunshine,And the smoke-tree puffs dun blossoms into the blue air.IIThe City of Falling LeavesLeaves fall,Brown leaves,Yellow leaves streaked14 with brown.They fall,Flutter,Fall again.The brown leaves,And the streaked yellow leaves,Loosen on their branchesAnd drift slowly downwards15.One,One, two, three,One, two, five.All Venice is a falling of Autumn leaves --Brown,And yellow streaked with brown."That sonnet16, Abate17,Beautiful,I am quite exhausted18 by it.Your phrases turn about my heartAnd stifle19 me to swooning.Open the window, I beg.Lord! What a strumming of fiddles20 and mandolins!'Tis really a shame to stop indoors.Call my maid, or I will make you lace me yourself.Fie, how hot it is, not a breath of air!See how straight the leaves are falling.Marianna, I will have the yellow satin caught up with silver fringe,It peeps out delightfully21 from under a mantle22.Am I well painted to-day, `caro Abate mio'?You will be proud of me at the `Ridotto', hey?Proud of being `Cavalier Servente' to such a lady?""Can you doubt it, `Bellissima Contessa'?A pinch more rouge23 on the right cheek,And Venus herself shines less . . .""You bore me, Abate,I vow24 I must change you!A letter, Achmet?Run and look out of the window, Abate.I will read my letter in peace."The little black slave with the yellow satin turbanGazes at his mistress with strained eyes.His yellow turban and black skinAre gorgeous -- barbaric.The yellow satin dress with its silver flashingsLies on a chairBeside a black mantle and a black mask.Yellow and black,Gorgeous -- barbaric.The lady reads her letter,And the leaves drift slowlyPast the long windows."How silly you look, my dear Abate,With that great brown leaf in your wig25.Pluck it off, I beg you,Or I shall die of laughing."A yellow wallAflare in the sunlight,Chequered with shadows,Shadows of vine leaves,Shadows of masks.Masks coming, printing themselves for an instant,Then passing on,More masks always replacing them.Masks with tricorns and rapiers sticking out behindPursuing masks with plumes26 and high heels,The sunlight shining under their insteps.One,One, two,One, two, three,There is a thronging27 of shadows on the hot wall,Filigreed at the top with moving leaves.Yellow sunlight and black shadows,Yellow and black,Gorgeous -- barbaric.Two masks stand together,And the shadow of a leaf falls through them,Marking the wall where they are not.From hat-tip to shoulder-tip,From elbow to sword-hilt,The leaf falls.The shadows mingle,Blur together,Slide along the wall and disappear.Gold of mosaics28 and candles,And night blackness lurking29 in the ceiling beams.Saint Mark's glitters with flames and reflections.A cloak brushes aside,And the yellow of satinLicks out over the coloured inlays of the pavement.Under the gold crucifixesThere is a meeting of handsReaching from black mantles30.Sighing embraces, bold investigations,Hide in confessionals,Sheltered by the shuffling31 of feet.Gorgeous -- barbaricIn its mail of jewels and gold,Saint Mark's looks down at the swarm32 of black masks;And outside in the palace gardens brown leaves fall,Flutter,Fall.Brown,And yellow streaked with brown.Blue-black, the sky over Venice,With a pricking33 of yellow stars.There is no moon,And the waves push darkly against the prowOf the gondola34,Coming from MalamoccoAnd streaming toward Venice.It is black under the gondola hood,But the yellow of a satin dressGlares out like the eye of a watching tiger.Yellow compassed about with darkness,Yellow and black,Gorgeous -- barbaric.The boatman sings,It is Tasso that he sings;The lovers seek each other beneath their mantles,And the gondola drifts over the lagoon35, aslant36 to the coming dawn.But at Malamocco in front,In Venice behind,Fall the leaves,Brown,And yellow streaked with brown.They fall,Flutter,Fall. <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiform.html>蘇州作文培訓(xùn)</a>
1 brass
n.黃銅；黃銅器，銅管樂器
參考例句：
Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.許多工人都在工廠銅管樂隊中演奏。 Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黃銅是通過銅和鋅的熔合而成的。
2 bray
n.驢叫聲, 喇叭聲；v.驢叫
參考例句：
She cut him off with a wild bray of laughter.她用刺耳的狂笑打斷了他的講話。 The donkey brayed and tried to bolt.這頭驢嘶叫著試圖脫韁而逃。
3 streaks
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n.（與周圍有所不同的）條紋( streak的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；（通常指不好的）特征（傾向）；（不斷經(jīng)歷成功或失敗的）一段時期v.快速移動( streak的第三人稱單數(shù) )；使布滿條紋
參考例句：
streaks of grey in her hair 她頭上的綹綹白發(fā) Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有幾層肥的和幾層瘦的。 來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
4 trumpets
喇叭( trumpet的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )； 小號； 喇叭形物； （尤指）綻開的水仙花
參考例句：
A wreath was laid on the monument to a fanfare of trumpets. 在響亮的號角聲中花圈被獻在紀念碑前。 A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小號聲宣告了國王駕到。
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5 tattered
adj.破舊的，衣衫破的
參考例句：
Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣爛衫絲毫沒有影響她的美貌。 Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他們襤褸的衣服和破爛的家具顯出他們的貧窮。
6 twilight
n.暮光，黃昏；暮年，晚期，衰落時期
參考例句：
Twilight merged into darkness.夕陽的光輝融于黑暗中。 Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充滿紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
7 quill
n.羽毛管；v.給（織物或衣服）作皺褶
參考例句：
He wrote with a quill.他用羽毛筆寫字。 She dipped a quill in ink,and then began to write.她將羽毛筆在墨水里蘸了一下，隨后開始書寫。
8 writhing
（因極度痛苦而）扭動或翻滾( writhe的現(xiàn)在分詞 )
參考例句：
She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滾。 He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滾。
9 squealing
v.長聲尖叫，用長而尖銳的聲音說( squeal的現(xiàn)在分詞 )
參考例句：
Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard. 豬在院子里哼哼地叫個不停。 The pigs were squealing. 豬尖叫著。
10 ragged
adj.衣衫襤褸的，粗糙的，刺耳的
參考例句：
A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.這一小群人發(fā)出了刺耳的喊叫。 Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣爛衫意味著貧窮。
11 batter
v.接連重擊；磨損；n.牛奶面糊；擊球員
參考例句：
The batter skied to the center fielder.擊球手打出一個高飛球到中外野手。 Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。
12 wager
n.賭注；vt.押注，打賭
參考例句：
They laid a wager on the result of the race.他們以競賽的結(jié)果打賭。 I made a wager that our team would win.我打賭我們的隊會贏。
13 puffs
n.吸( puff的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；（煙斗或香煙的）一吸；一縷（煙、蒸汽等）；（呼吸或風的）呼v.使噴出( puff的第三人稱單數(shù) )；噴著汽（或煙）移動；吹噓；吹捧
參考例句：
We sat exchanging puffs from that wild pipe of his. 我們坐在那里，輪番抽著他那支野里野氣的煙斗。 來自辭典例句 Puffs of steam and smoke came from the engine. 一股股蒸汽和煙霧從那火車頭里冒出來。 來自辭典例句
14 streaked
adj.有條斑紋的，不安的v.快速移動( streak的過去式和過去分詞 )；使布滿條紋
參考例句：
The children streaked off as fast as they could. 孩子們拔腳飛跑 來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》 His face was pale and streaked with dirt. 他臉色蒼白，臉上有一道道的污痕。 來自辭典例句
15 downwards
adj./adv.向下的（地），下行的（地）
參考例句：
He lay face downwards on his bed.他臉向下伏在床上。 As the river flows downwards,it widens.這條河愈到下游愈寬。
16 sonnet
n.十四行詩
參考例句：
The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家為一首十四行詩譜了曲。 He wrote a sonnet to his beloved.他寫了一首十四行詩，獻給他心愛的人。
17 abate
vi.(風勢，疼痛等)減弱，減輕，減退
參考例句：
We must abate the noise pollution in our city.我們必須消除我們城里的噪音污染。 The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.醫(yī)生給了他一些藥，以減弱那劇烈的疼痛。
18 exhausted
adj.極其疲憊的，精疲力盡的
參考例句：
It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬運回家的這段路程特別長，到家時我們已筋疲力盡。 Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙亂弄得筋疲力盡。
19 stifle
vt.使窒息；悶死；扼殺；抑止，阻止
參考例句：
She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她強忍住笑。 It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.那是一次枯燥無味的交談，我不得不強忍住自己的呵欠。
20 fiddles
n.小提琴( fiddle的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；欺詐；（需要運用手指功夫的）細巧活動；當?shù)诙咽講.偽造( fiddle的第三人稱單數(shù) )；篡改；騙??；修理或稍作改動
參考例句：
He fiddles with his papers on the table. 他撫弄著桌子上那些報紙。 來自辭典例句 The annual Smithsonian Festival of American Folk Life celebrates hands-hands plucking guitars and playing fiddles. 一年一度的美國民間的“史密斯索尼安節(jié)”是贊美人的雙手的節(jié)日--彈拔吉他的手，演奏小提琴的手。 來自辭典例句
21 delightfully
大喜，欣然
參考例句：
The room is delightfully appointed. 這房子的設(shè)備令人舒適愉快。 來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》 The evening is delightfully cool. 晚間涼爽宜人。 來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
22 mantle
n.斗篷，覆罩之物，罩子；v.罩住，覆蓋，臉紅
參考例句：
The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了蒼翠欲滴的綠色斗篷。 The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆蓋著一層雪。
23 rouge
n.胭脂，口紅唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口紅
參考例句：
Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面頰上涂胭脂，使臉更漂亮。 She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。
24 vow
n.誓(言)，誓約；v.起誓，立誓
參考例句：
My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母許愿，每星期日都去做禮拜。 I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。
25 wig
n.假發(fā)
參考例句：
The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那個女演員戴一頂黑色假發(fā)罩住自己的金黃色頭發(fā)。 He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假發(fā)和假胡須來喬裝。
26 plumes
羽毛( plume的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )； 羽毛飾； 羽毛狀物； 升上空中的羽狀物
參考例句：
The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演員戴著粉色鴕鳥毛制作的頭飾。 The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她點點頭，那帽子的羽毛在一個勁兒顫動。
27 thronging
v.成群，擠滿( throng的現(xiàn)在分詞 )
參考例句：
Architects from around the world are thronging to Beijing theacross the capital. 來自世界各地的建筑師都蜂擁而至這座處處高樓聳立的大都市——北京。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng) People are thronging to his new play. 人們成群結(jié)隊地去看他那出新戲。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
28 mosaics
n.馬賽克( mosaic的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；鑲嵌；鑲嵌工藝；鑲嵌圖案
參考例句：
The panel shows marked similarities with mosaics found elsewhere. 這塊嵌板和在其他地方找到的鑲嵌圖案有明顯的相似之處。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 The unsullied and shining floor was paved with white mosaics. 干凈明亮的地上鑲嵌著白色圖案。 來自辭典例句
29 lurking
潛在
參考例句：
Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？ There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在陰暗中。 來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
30 mantles
vt.&vi.覆蓋（mantle的第三人稱單數(shù)形式）
參考例句：
The ivy mantles the building. 長春藤覆蓋了建筑物。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
31 shuffling
adj. 慢慢移動的, 滑移的動詞shuffle的現(xiàn)在分詞形式
參考例句：
Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 別像個死人似地拖著腳走。 來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹 Some one was shuffling by on the sidewalk. 外面的人行道上有人拖著腳走過。 來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
32 swarm
n.(昆蟲)等一大群；vi.成群飛舞；蜂擁而入
參考例句：
There is a swarm of bees in the tree.這樹上有一窩蜜蜂。 A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群螞蟻正在忙碌地搬家。
33 pricking
刺，刺痕，刺痛感
參考例句：
She felt a pricking on her scalp. 她感到頭皮上被扎了一下。 Intercostal neuralgia causes paroxysmal burning pain or pricking pain. 肋間神經(jīng)痛呈陣發(fā)性的灼痛或刺痛。
34 gondola
n.威尼斯的平底輕舟；飛船的吊船
參考例句：
The road is too narrow to allow the passage of gondola.這條街太窄大型貨車不能通過。 I have a gondola here.我開來了一條平底船。
35 lagoon
n.瀉湖，咸水湖
參考例句：
The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那個咸水湖聚滿了熱帶魚。 This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.將這一地區(qū)隔離起來使形成一個封閉的瀉湖環(huán)境。
36 aslant
adv.傾斜地；adj.斜的
參考例句：
The sunlight fell aslant the floor.陽光斜落在地板上。 He leant aslant against the wall.他身子歪斜著依靠在墻上。
《Amy Lowell - 1777》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
