The love devolvent, the ascension love,



Receptive or profuse, were fires he lacked,

Whose marrow had expelled their wasteful sparks;



Whose mind, the vast machine of endless haste,

Took up but solids for its glowing seal.



The hungry love, that fish-like creatures feel,

Impelled for prize of hooks, for prey of sharks,



His night's first quarter sicklied to distaste,

In warm enjoymentbarely might distract.



A head that held an Europe half devoured

Taste in the blood's conceit of pleasure soured.



Nought save his rounding aim, the means he plied,

Death for his cause, to him could point appeal.



His mistress was the thing of uses tried.

Frigid the netting smile on whom he wooed,



But on his Policy his eye was lewd.

That sharp long zig-zag into distance brooked



No foot across; a shade his ire provoked.

The blunder or the cruelty of a deed



His Policy imperative could plead.

He deemed nought other precious, nor knew he



Legitimate outside his Policy.

Men's lives and works were due, from their birth's date,



To the State's shield and sword, himself the State.

He thought for them in mass, as Titan may;



For their pronouncedwell-being bade obey;

O'er each obstructive thicket thunderclapped,



And straight their easy road to market mapped.

Watched Argus to survey the huge preserves



He held or coveted; Mars was armed alert

At sign of motion; yet his brows were murk,



His gorge would surge, to see the butcher's work,

The Reaper's field; a sensitive in nerves.



He rode not over men to do them hurt.

As one who claimed to have for paramour



Earth's fairest form, he dealt the cancelling blow;

Impassioned, still impersonal; to ensure



Possession; free of rivals, not their foe.

The common Tyrant's frenzies, rancour, spites,



He knew as little as men's claim on rights.

A kindness for old servants, early friends,



Was constant in him while they served his ends;

And if irascible, 'twas the moment's reek



From fires diverted by some gusty freak.

His Policy the act which breeds the act



Prevised, in issues accurately summed

From reckonings of men's tempers, terrors, needs:-



That universal army, which he leads

Who builds Imperial on Imperious Fact.



Within his hot brain's hammering workshop hummed

A thousand furious wheels at whirr, untired



As Nature in her reproductive throes;

And did they grate, he spake, and cannon fired:



The cause being aye the incendiary foes

Proved by prostration culpable. His dispense



Of Justice made his active conscience;

His passive was of ceaseless labour formed.



So found this Tyrant sanction and repose;

Humanly just, inhumanly unwarmed.



Preventive fencings with the foul intent

Occult, by him observed and foiled betimes,



Let fool historians chronicle as crimes.

His blows were dealt to clear the way he went:



Too busy sword and mind for needless blows.

The mighty bird of sky minutest grains



On ground perceived; in heaven but rays or rains;

• pierce [piəs] v.刺穿；突破；洞察 (初中英语单词)


• conflict [´kɔnflikt, kən´flikt] n.&vi.战斗；抵触 (初中英语单词)


• worship [´wə:ʃip] n.&v.崇拜；敬仰 (初中英语单词)


• singer [´siŋə] n.歌手，演唱者 (初中英语单词)


• upward [´ʌpwəd] a.&ad.向上(的)；以上 (初中英语单词)


• pressure [´preʃə] n.压榨 vt.对…施压力 (初中英语单词)


• breath [breθ] n.呼吸；气息 (初中英语单词)


• shepherd [´ʃepəd] n.牧羊人 vt.带领 (初中英语单词)


• butcher [´butʃə] n.屠夫，刽子手 (初中英语单词)


• banner [´bænə] n.旗(帜)；头号标题 (初中英语单词)


• beloved [bi´lʌvd] a.为….所爱的 n.爱人 (初中英语单词)


• republic [ri´pʌblik] n.共和国；共和政体 (初中英语单词)


• cannon [´kænən] n.大炮 (初中英语单词)


• victory [´viktəri] n.胜利，战胜 (初中英语单词)


• scarce [skeəs, skers] a.缺乏的；稀有的 (初中英语单词)


• constant [´kɔnstənt] a.坚定的；坚贞的 (初中英语单词)


• savage [´sævidʒ] a.野蛮的 n.蛮人 (初中英语单词)


• height [hait] n.高度；顶点；卓越 (初中英语单词)


• genius [´dʒi:niəs] n.天才(人物)；天赋 (初中英语单词)


• vacant [´veikənt] a.空虚的，无表情的 (初中英语单词)


• haunted [´hɔ:tid] a.常出现鬼的，闹鬼的 (初中英语单词)


• marvel [´mɑ:vəl] n.令人惊异的事；奇迹 (初中英语单词)


• hostile [´hɔstail] a.敌方的，敌意的 (初中英语单词)


• critic [´kritik] n.批评家；吹毛求疵者 (初中英语单词)


• torture [´tɔ:tʃə] n.&vt.折磨；痛苦；拷问 (初中英语单词)


• weapon [´wepən] n.武器；斗争手段 (初中英语单词)


• imperial [im´piəriəl] a.帝国的；庄严的 (初中英语单词)


• barely [´beəli] ad.公开地；仅仅 (初中英语单词)


• mistress [´mistris] n.女主人；情妇；女能手 (初中英语单词)


• shield [ʃi:ld] n.盾牌；防御 v.保护 (初中英语单词)


• survey [´sə:vei] vt.&n.俯瞰；审视；测量 (初中英语单词)


• universal [,ju:ni´və:səl] a.宇宙的；普遍的 (初中英语单词)


• furious [´fjuəriəs] a.狂怒的；猛烈的 (初中英语单词)


• passive [´pæsiv] a.被动的 n.被动性 (初中英语单词)


• rapture [´ræptʃə] n.着迷；全神贯注 (高中英语单词)


• downward [´daunwəd] a.下降的，向下的 (高中英语单词)


• pillar [´pilə] n.支柱 vt.用柱支持 (高中英语单词)


• heavenly [´hevənli] a.天的，天空的 (高中英语单词)


• summit [´sʌmit] n.顶(点)；绝顶 (高中英语单词)


• strove [strəuv] strive的过去式 (高中英语单词)


• prescribe [pri´skraib] v.指示；处(方)；嘱咐 (高中英语单词)


• strife [straif] n.竞争；吵架；冲突 (高中英语单词)


• kindle [´kindl] v.点燃；(使)激动 (高中英语单词)


• indies [´indiz] n.东(西)印度群岛 (高中英语单词)


• crimson [´krimzən] a.&n.深(紫)红(的) (高中英语单词)


• bearing [´beəriŋ] n.举止；忍耐；关系 (高中英语单词)


• draught [drɑ:ft] n.通风，通气；吸出 (高中英语单词)


• sunken [´sʌŋkən] sink的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• mortal [´mɔ:tl] a.致命的 n.凡人 (高中英语单词)


• esteem [i´sti:m] n.尊重 vt.认为；感到 (高中英语单词)


• enjoyment [in´dʒɔimənt] n.享受；愉快；乐趣 (高中英语单词)


• conceit [kən´si:t] n.自负；骄傲自满 (高中英语单词)


• blunder [´blʌndə] n.&v.(犯)大错；疏忽 (高中英语单词)


• cruelty [´kru:əlti] n.残忍；残酷行为 (高中英语单词)


• pronounced [prə´naunst] a.发出音的；显著的 (高中英语单词)


• thicket [´θikit] n.灌木丛；密集的东西 (高中英语单词)


• motion [´məuʃən] n.手势 vt.打手势 (高中英语单词)


• sensitive [´sensitiv] a.敏感的；感光的 (高中英语单词)


• tyrant [´taiərənt] n.暴君；霸主；专制君主 (高中英语单词)


• sanction [´sæŋkʃən] n.&vt.批准；认可 (高中英语单词)


• chronicle [´krɔnikl] n.历史 vt.记述 (高中英语单词)


• needless [´ni:dləs] a.不必要的；无用的 (高中英语单词)


• mighty [´maiti] a.强有力的 ad.很 (高中英语单词)


• encircle [in´sə:kl] vt.环绕；包围 (英语四级单词)


• withstand [wið´stænd] vt.抵抗，经得起 (英语四级单词)


• irresistible [,iri´zistəbəl] a.不可抵抗的 (英语四级单词)


• thwart [θwɔ:t] vt.阻挠 a.横(断的) (英语四级单词)


• midway [,mid´wei] n.中途 ad.&a.中途(的) (英语四级单词)


• flaming [´fleimiŋ] a.熊熊燃烧的；热情的 (英语四级单词)


• frosty [´frɔsti] a.霜冻的；冷淡的 (英语四级单词)


• wizard [´wizəd] n.术士；男巫 (英语四级单词)


• strenuous [´strenjuəs] a.费力的；奋发的 (英语四级单词)


• extinct [ik´stiŋkt] a.熄灭的；灭绝的 (英语四级单词)


• submission [səb´miʃən] n.屈服；谦恭 (英语四级单词)


• wherefore [´weəfɔ:] ad.为什么；因此 (英语四级单词)


• martial [´mɑ:ʃəl] a.战争的；象军人的 (英语四级单词)


• baffle [´bæfəl] vt.&n.阻碍；徒劳；困惑 (英语四级单词)


• danube [´dænju:b] n.多瑙河 (英语四级单词)


• cataract [´kætərækt] n.大瀑布；白内障 (英语四级单词)


• blindness [´blaindnis] n.失明；愚味，文盲 (英语四级单词)


• policy [´pɔlisi] n.政策；权谋；保险单 (英语四级单词)


• imperative [im´perətiv] a.紧急的 n.命令式 (英语四级单词)


• nought [nɔ:t] n.=naught (英语四级单词)


• accurately [´ækjuritli] ad.准确地；精密地 (英语四级单词)


• workshop [´wə:kʃɔp] n.车间；工场；创作室 (英语四级单词)


• phoebus [´fi:bəs] n.太阳神 (英语六级单词)


• deafen [´defən] vt.使聋，震聋 (英语六级单词)


• merciless [´mə:siləs] a.残忍的；无情的 (英语六级单词)


• abandoned [ə´bændənd] a.被抛弃的；无约束的 (英语六级单词)


• phantom [´fæntəm] n.幽灵；幻影 a.幻想的 (英语六级单词)


• seaman [´si:mən] n.海员，水手 (英语六级单词)


• pitiless [´pitiləs] a.无怜悯心的；无情的 (英语六级单词)


• panther [´pænθə] n.豹；美洲狮 (英语六级单词)


• marrow [´mærəu] n.(骨)髓；精华；活力 (英语六级单词)


• wasteful [´weistfəl] a.浪费的，挥霍的 (英语六级单词)


• well-being [´wel´bi:iŋ] n.幸福；健康；福利 (英语六级单词)


• impersonal [im´pə:sənəl] a.不受个人感情影响的 (英语六级单词)


• imperious [im´piəriəs] a.傲慢的；紧急的 (英语六级单词)


• ceaseless [´si:slis] a.不绝的，不停的 (英语六级单词)