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1、TENNYSON’SPOETRYAlfredLordTennyson“TheLotos-Eaters”CompleteText“Courage!”hesaid,andpointedtowardtheland,“Thismountingwavewillrollusshorewardsoon.”IntheafternoontheycameuntoalandInwhichitseemedalwaysafternoon.Allroundthecoastthelanguidairdidswoon,Breathinglikeonethathathawearydream.Full-facedabov
2、ethevalleystoodthemoon;Andlikeadownwardsmoke,theslenderstreamAlongtheclifftofallandpauseandfalldidseem.Alandofstreams!some,likeadownwardsmoke,Slow-droppingveilsofthinnestlawn,didgo;Andsomethro’waveringlightsandshadowsbroke,Rollingaslumbroussheetoffoambelow.TheysawthegleamingriverseawardflowFromt
3、heinnerland:faroff,threemountain-tops,Threesilentpinnaclesofagedsnow,Stoodsunset-flush’d:and,dew’dwithshowerydrops,Up-clombtheshadowypineabovethewovencopse.Thecharmedsunsetlinger’dlowadownIntheredWest:thro’mountaincleftsthedaleWasseenfarinland,andtheyellowdownBorder’dwithpalm,andmanyawindingvale
4、Andmeadow,setwithslendergalingale;Alandwhereallthingsalwaysseem’dthesame!Androundaboutthekeelwithfacespale,Darkfacespaleagainstthatrosyflame,Themild-eyedmelancholyLotos-eaterscame.Branchestheyboreofthatenchantedstem,Ladenwithflowerandfruit,whereoftheygaveToeach,butwhosodidreceiveofthem,Andtaste,
5、tohimthegushingofthewaveFarfarawaydidseemtomournandraveOnalienshores;andifhisfellowspake,Hisvoicewasthin,asvoicesfromthegrave;Anddeep-asleepheseem’d,yetallawake,Andmusicinhisearshisbeatingheartdidmake.Theysatthemdownupontheyellowsand,Betweenthesunandmoonupontheshore;AndsweetitwastodreamofFatherl
6、and,Ofchild,andwife,andslave;butevermoreMostwearyseem’dthesea,wearytheoar,Wearythewanderingfieldsofbarrenfoam.Thensomeonesaid,“Wewillreturnnomore”;Andallatoncetheysang,“OurislandhomeIsfarbeyondthewave;wewillnolongerroam.”SummaryOdysseustellshismarinerstohavecourage,assuringthemthattheywillsoonre
7、achtheshoreoftheirhome.Intheafternoon,theyreachaland“inwhichitseemedalwaysafternoon”becauseofthelanguidandpeacefulatmosphere.Themarinerssightthis“landofstreams”withitsgleamingriverflowingtothesea,itsthreesnow-cappedmountaint
