诗歌－A Birthday

A Birthday
By Christina G. Rossetti 1830-94

My heart is like a singing bird
    Whose nest is in a watered shoot
My heart is like an apple tree
    Whose boughs¹ are bent² with thickest fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
    That paddles in a halcyon³ sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
    Because my love is come to me.

Raising me a dais of silk and down;
    Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates
    And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver glapes,
    In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.

1 boughs   

大树枝( bough的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
• A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。

2 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

3 halcyon   

n.平静的，愉快的

参考例句：

• He yearned for the halcyon day sof his childhood.他怀念儿时宁静幸福的日子。
• He saw visions of a halcyon future.他看到了将来的太平日子的幻境。