Why should this flower delay so long?
To show its tremulous plumes?
Now is the time of plaintive robin-song,
When flowers are in their tombs.
Through the slow summer, when the sun
Called to each frond and whorl
That all he could for flowers was being done,
It must have felt that fervid call
Although it took no heed,
Waking but now, when leaves like corpses fall,
Too late its beauty, lonely thing,
The season’s shine is spent,
Nothing remains for it but shivering
Had it a reason for delay,
That for a bloom so delicately gay
Winter would stay its stress?
- I talk as if the thing were born
With sense to work its mind;
Yet it is but one mask of many worn
By the Great Face behind.
adj. 颤抖的；轻颤的
例英语美文朗读美篇：He fidgeted in his chair as he took a deep, tremulous breath.
adj. 悲哀的；哀怨的
例英语美文朗读美篇：As he neared home he heard a weak and plaintive female voice coming from above saying "Excuse me".
当他接近家的时候，他听到一个微弱而悲伤的女声从上面传来，说"对不起"。
n. 知更鸟
例：This year's bumper crop has been almost entirely eaten by a family of robins.
v. 使舒展；使变直
例：Her hands curled and uncurled with anxiety as she swallowed a breath.
n. 暴风雨；风波
例：He bravely endured these tempests and continued to fight valiantly to reach his goal.
他勇敢地忍受着这些暴风雨，继续勇敢地战斗，以达到目标。
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