原文：

Strew on her roses, roses,
And never a spray of yew.
In quiet she reposes;
Ah!Would that I did too.

Her mirth the world required;
She bathed it in smiles of glee.
But her heart was tired, tired,
And now they let her be.

Her life was turning, turning,
In mazes of heat and sound;
But for peace her soul was yearning,
And now peace laps her round.

Her cabin’d, ample spirit,
It flutter’d and fail’d for breath,
To-night it doth inherit
The vasty hall of death.

译文：

用玫瑰花，玫瑰花覆盖伊，
却决不要一枝紫杉！
她安静地卧着休息：
啊，愿我也能长眠！

世界曾需要她的欢笑，
她曾以欢欣的微笑浸润它。
但她的心是倦了，倦了，
现在他们就不打扰她。

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她受束缚的，丰富的精神，
它颤动，它的气息已荒芜。
今夜它确实继承
这宏大的死亡之堂。

注解：

马特休•阿诺德(Matthew Arnold)（1822---1888）英国诗人，著名政治评论家。名诗有《多佛尔滩》《夜莺》等，她认为诗是诗人对于“生活的批判”，有道德和教育意义，因此要严肃真实，他的诗具有浓厚的人情味。

练习：翻译句子

Her life was turning, turning,
In mazes of heat and sound;
But for peace her soul was yearning,
And now peace laps her round.

答案：

她的生命本在转动，转动
在那兴奋与喧嚣的迷境。
但她的灵魂在渴求安宁，
而现在安宁将她包围。