ODE: INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS
OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

原文與注釋(Text and Annotation): VI

6. (Summary)
Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own;
Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind,
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And, even with something of a mother's mind,
 
        And no unworthy aim,  
    The homely Nurse doth all she can
To make her foster child, her Inmate Man,
    Forget the glories he hath known,
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And that imperial palace whence he came.
 
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第六節大意：現世的歡樂與追求都使我們忘掉前世的榮耀。[back]
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 lap 膝部（指可放置嬰兒或東西的地方）。[back]
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 Yearnings desires渴求的東西。
Of her own natural kind According to her nature.[back]
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 something of a Mother's mind 母性（大地有養育萬物的天性）。[back]
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 homely simple and friendly平易近人的。The homely Nurse指Earth。[back]
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 foster child 養子。大地供給人生長所需的東西，故有養育之恩。
Inmate 家人，同住者。即大地與人同住於宇宙之中。[back]
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 imperial palace 莊嚴的地方，壯麗的地方（指天堂）。[back]

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