This Present Life

时间：2015-01-15 05:07:22

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This Present Life
James Reiss
 
 
Did the bird that slammed into my picture window 
 think its glass was an open door he could breeze 
 through like the sparrow flying through time 
 in the Anglo-Saxon poem, coming to life when he flew 
 into a manor1 hall dining room? Did he expect baked eels2 and mead 
 to be served amid cries of hál béo þu with music 
 from hand-held harps3? Did he think he could flit past my fireplace 
 in his gray feathers and never emerge from my house? 
 As he lay in a tiny heap outside on a flagstone 
 his soul arose like smoke that wreathed 
 my suburb's shield.

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1 manor d2Gy4     
n.庄园，领地
参考例句：
  • The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.建造这幢庄园的人就是它现在主人的一个直系祖先。
  • I am not lord of the manor,but its lady.我并非此地的领主，而是这儿的女主人。
2 eels eels     
abbr. 电子发射器定位系统（=electronic emitter location system）
参考例句：
  • Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames. 鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。
  • She bought some eels for dinner. 她买回一些鳗鱼做晚餐。
3 harps 43af3ccaaa52a4643b9e0a0261914c63     
abbr.harpsichord 拨弦古钢琴n.竖琴( harp的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • She continually harps on lack of money. 她总唠叨说缺钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He could turn on the harps of the blessed. 他能召来天使的竖琴为他奏乐。 来自辞典例句

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