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1、FallofHouseofUsherbyEdgarAllanPoe1DURINGthewholeofadull,dark,andsoundlessdayinthe那年秋天一个晦暝、昏暗、廓落、云幕低垂autumnoftheyear,whenthecloudshungoppressivelylowin的日子,我一整天都策马独行,穿越一片异theheavens,Ihadbeenpassingalone,onhorseback,through常阴郁的旷野。当暮色开始降临时,愁云笼asingularlydrearytractofcountry;andatlengthfound罩的厄舍府终于遥遥在望。
2、不知为什么,一myself,astheshadesoftheeveningdrewon,withinviewof看见那座房舍,我心中便充满了一种不堪忍themelancholyHouseofUsher.Insufferablegloompervaded受的抑郁。我说不堪忍受,因为那种抑郁无myspirit.Isayinsufferable;forthefeelingwasunrelievedby论如何也没法排遣,而往常即便是更凄凉的anyofthathalf-pleasurable,becausepoetic,sentiment,with荒郊野地、更可怕险山恶水,我也能从山情whichthe
3、mindusuallyreceiveseventhesternestnatural野趣中获得几分喜悦,从而使愁悒得到减轻。imagesofthedesolateorterrible.Ilookeduponthescene望着眼前的景象——那孤零零的房舍、房舍beforeme-uponthemerehouse,andthesimplelandscape周围的地形、萧瑟的垣墙、空茫的窗眼、几featuresofthedomain-uponthebleakwalls-uponthe丛茎叶繁芜的莎草、几株枝干惨白的枯树—vacanteye-likewindows-uponafewranksedges
4、-andupon—我心中极度的抑郁真难用人间常情来比afewwhitetrunksofdecayedtrees-withanutterdepression拟,也许只能比作opium服用者清醒后的感ofsoulwhichIcancomparetonoearthlysensationmore受:重新堕入现实生活之痛苦。重新撩开那properlythantotheafter-dreamoftherevelleruponopium-层面纱之恐惧。我感到一阵冰凉、一阵虚脱、thebitterlapseintoeverydaylife-thehideousdroppingoffof一阵心悸、一阵无法摆脱
5、的凄怆、一阵任何theveil.Therewasaniciness,asinking,asickeningofthe想像力都无法将其理想化的悲凉。究竟是什heart-anunredeemeddrearinessofthoughtwhichnogoading么?我收缰思忖。是什么使我一见到厄舍府oftheimaginationcouldtortureintoaughtofthesublime.就如此颓丧?这真是个不解之谜。我也无从Whatwasit-Ipausedtothink-whatwasitthatsounnerved捉摸沉思时涌上心头的那些朦胧的幻觉。无meinthecontempla
6、tionoftheHouseofUsher?Itwasa奈我只能接受一个不尽如人意的结论:当天mysteryallinsoluble;norcouldIgrapplewiththeshadowy地间一些很简单的自然景物之组合具有能这fanciesthatcrowdeduponmeasIpondered.Iwasforcedto样影响我们的力量之时,对这种的力量的探fallbackupontheunsatisfactoryconclusion,thatwhile,究无疑超越了我们的思维能力。我心中暗beyonddoubt,therearecombinationsofverysimplenatu
7、ral想.也许只需稍稍改变一下眼前景象的某些objectswhichhavethepowerofthusaffectingus,stillthe局部,稍稍调整一下这幅画中的某些细节,analysisofthispowerliesamongconsiderationsbeyondour就足以减轻或完全消除那种令人悲怆的力depth.Itwaspossible,Ireflected,thatamerediffer