英语沙龙：A Casement High and Triple-Arch’d There Was

A Casement¹ High and Triple-Arch’d There Was

A casement high and triple-arch’d there was, 

All garlanded with carven imag’ries 

Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass, 

And diamonded with panes² of quaint³ device, 

Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes, 

As are the tiger-moth’s deep-damask’d wings; 

And in the midst, ’mong thousand heraldries, 

And twilight⁴ saints, and dim emblazonings, 

A shielded scutcheon blush’d with blood of queens and kings.

Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, 

And threw warm gules on Madeline’s fair breast, 

As down she knelt for heaven’s grace and boon; 

Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, 

And on her silver cross soft amethyst, 

And on her hair a glory, like a saint: 

She seem’d a splendid angel, newly drest, 

Save wings, for heaven:—Porphyro grew faint: 

She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint⁵.

1 casement   

n.竖铰链窗；窗扉

参考例句：

• A casement is a window that opens by means of hinges at the side.竖铰链窗是一种用边上的铰链开启的窗户。
• With the casement half open,a cold breeze rushed inside.窗扉半开，凉风袭来。

2 panes   

窗玻璃( pane的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sun caught the panes and flashed back at him. 阳光照到窗玻璃上，又反射到他身上。
• The window-panes are dim with steam. 玻璃窗上蒙上了一层蒸汽。

3 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

4 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

5 taint   

n.污点；感染；腐坏；v.使感染；污染

参考例句：

• Everything possible should be done to free them from the economic taint.应尽可能把他们从经济的腐蚀中解脱出来。
• Moral taint has spread among young people.道德的败坏在年轻人之间蔓延。