ODE: INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS
OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

原文與注釋(Text and Annotation): III

3. (Summary)
Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song,  
    And while the young lambs bound
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        As to the tabor's sound,
To me alone there came a thought of grief:
A timely utterance gave that thought relief,
        And I again am strong:  
The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep;
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No more shall grief of mine the season wrong;
I hear the echoes through the mountains throng,
The winds come to me from the fields of sleep,
        And all the earth is gay;  
            Land and sea
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    Give themselves up to jollity,
      And with the heart of May  
    Doth every beast keep holiday;�
          Thou Child of Joy,
Shout round me, let me hear thy shouts, thou happy
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    Shepherd-boy!
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第三節大意：雖然周遭景物呈現一片歡樂，但是我私下仍然感到無限憂傷；所幸如今我已經忘懷這些憂傷。此刻我可以全然欣賞大地上春日的歡樂。[back]
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 bound jump跳躍。[back]
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 tabor 小鼓（尤指用以伴奏短笛者）。[back]
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 a thought of grief 憂思。[back]
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 timely 適時的。
utterance expression抒懷之辭。
A timely utterance 可能是指Wordsworth 自己的某一首詩。有的批評家認為是My Heart Leaps Up, 有的認為是Resolution and Independence，但也可能不是指一首詩，而是指一封信或一句話。[back]
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 cataracts 大瀑布。
the steep 懸崖。（大瀑布自懸崖降降而下，響如號角）[back]
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 the season wrong wrong the season。此行謂我的悲哀無損大自然的歡樂。[back]
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 throng v. 聚集（回聲迴聚於山巒）。[back]
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 the fields of sleep the fields that have been sleeping or wrapped up in sleep.指清晨的原野，似乎仍在睡眠之中。[back]
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 jollity gaiety歡樂。[back]
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 keep holiday make merry取樂。[back]
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 Child of Joy 指牧童。[back]

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