(原版)澳大利亚语文第三册 LESSON 58
LESSON 58 FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches,
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows, the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain [1] ;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles [2] ;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And there is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart run away in the road
Lumping [3] along with man and load;
And here is a mill and there is a river:
Each a glimpse [4] and gone for ever!
—ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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[1] driving rain: Rain blown along by the wind.
[2] brambles: The berries of a prickly shrub.
[3] lumping: Jolting, rolling heavily.
[4] glimpse: View seen just for a moment.
