英语短文:beauty
And a poet said, Speak to us of Beauty.
And he answered:
Where shall you seek beauty, and shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?
The aggrieved and injured say, “Beauty is kind and gentle.
Like a young mother half-shy of her own glory she walks among us.”
And the passionate say, “Nay, beauty is a thing of might and dread.
Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us.”
The tired and the weary say, “Beauty is of soft whisperings. She speaks in our spirit. Her voice yields to our silences like a faint light that quivers in fear of the shadow.”
But the restless say, “We have heard her shouting among the mountains.
And with her cries came the sound of hoofs, and the beating of wings and the roaring of lions.”
At night the watchmen of the city say, “Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east.” And at noontide the toilers and the wayfarers say, “We have seen her leaning over the earth from the windows of the sunset.”
In winter say the snow-bound, “She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hill.”
And in the summer heat the reapers say, “We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair.”
All these things have you said of beauty.
Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied,
And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.
It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth.
But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,
But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.
It is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw,
But rather a garden for ever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.
People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil.
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.
Vocabulary:
aggrieve: 令委屈,令苦恼
noontide: 正午,白昼
enchant: 施魔法,使迷惑
furrow: 犁,耕
-
八年级物理个人教学总结
总结是指社会团体、企业单位和个人对某一阶段的学习、工作或其完成情况加以回顾和分析,得出教训和一些规律性认识的一种书面材料,它能够使头脑更加清醒,目标更加明确,因此好好准备一份总结吧。你所见过的总结应该是什么样的?以下是小编整理的八年级物理个人教学总结...
-
返校复学第一课教案(通用10篇)
作为一名为他人授业解惑的教育工作者,编写教案是必不可少的,借助教案可以让教学工作更科学化。怎样写教案才更能起到其作用呢?以下是小编帮大家整理的返校复学第一课教案(通用10篇),欢迎阅读与收藏。返校复学第一课教案1一、活动名称:红灯停,绿灯行二、活动目标:1、了解...
-
初中生读后感
当细细地品读完一本名著后,相信你一定有很多值得分享的收获,此时需要认真思考读后感如何写了哦。那么你会写读后感吗?下面是小编整理的初中生读后感,欢迎阅读与收藏。初中生读后感1读书,能让人学到许多知识,让人明白一些人生哲理。我读过一篇文章,叫《钓鱼的启示》,这...
-
大一学生寒假的社会实践报告(通用12篇)
转眼间一个辛苦的实践活动又结束了,回顾坚强地走过的这段时间,取得的成绩实则来之不易,感觉我们很有必要对自己的社会实践做一下总结。为了让您不再为写实践报告头疼,以下是小编为大家收集的大一学生寒假的社会实践报告,希望能够帮助到大家。大一学生寒假的社会实践...
相关文章
- Beauty on the Campus英语作文
- 英语短文阅读:The day that you see me old
- Champagne Bubbles Key to Tas英文阅读
- How Do My Parents Feel About My Education英语作文
- Unit 9 A Have you ever been to a museum?八年级英语说课稿
- Beauty on the Campus高中生英语作文
- 商务英语阅读: The growing cult of ‘try before you buy’
- 双语阅读:There was a naughty boy
- 刷牙的英语作文:If You Never Brushed Your Teeth
- 英语作文美丽校园BeautyontheCampus