Like soul that quits the tumbled body, soared:

And France, impulsive, nuptial with his plan,



Albeit the Critic fretting her, adored

Once more. Exultingly her heart went forth,



Submissive to his mind and mood,

The way of those pent-eyebrows North;



For now was he to win the wreath

Surpassing sunniest in camp or Court;



Next, as the blessedharvest after years of blight,

Sit, the Great Emperor, to be known the Good!



Now had the Seaman's volvent sprite,

Lean from the chase that barked his contraband,



A beggared applicant at every port,

To strew the profitless deeps and rot beneath,



Slung northward, for a hunted beast's retort

On sovereign power; there his final stand,



Among the perjured Scythian's shaggy horde,

The hydrocephalic aerolite



Had taken; flashing thence repellent teeth,

Though Europe's Master Europe's Rebel banned



To be earth's outcast, ocean's lord and sport.

Unmoved might seem the Master's taunted sword.



Northward his dusky legions nightly slipped,

As on the map of that all-provident head;



He luting Peace the while, like morning's cock

The quiet day to round the hours for bed;



No pastoralshepherd sweeter to his flock.

Then Europe first beheld her Titan stripped.



To what vast length of limb and mounds of thews,

How trained to scale the eminences, pluck



The hazards for new footing, how compel

Those timely incidents by men named luck,



Through forethought that defied the Fates to choose,

Her grovelling admiration had not yet



Imagined of the great man-miracle;

And France recounted with her comic smile



Duplicities of Court and Cabinet,

The silky female of his male in guile,



Wherewith her two-faced Master could amuse

A dupe he charmed in sunny beams to bask,



Before his feint for camisado struck

The lightning moment of the cast-off mask.



Splendours of earth repeating heaven's at set

Of sun down mountain cloud in masses arched;



Since Asia upon Europe marched,

Unmatched the copious multitudes; unknown



To Gallia's over-runner, Rome's inveterate foe,

Such hosts; all one machine for overthrow,



Coruscant from the Master's hand, compact

As reasoned thoughts in the Master's head; were shown



Yon lightning moment when his acme might

Blazed o'er the stream that cuts the sandy tract



Borussian from Sarmatia's famished flat;

The century's flower; and off its pinnacled throne,



Rayed servitude on Europe's ball of sight.

XII



Behind the Northern curtain-folds he passed.

There heard hushed France her muffled heart beat fast



Against the hollow ear-drum, where she sat

In expectation's darkness, until cracked



The straining curtain-seams: a scaly light

Was ghost above an army under shroud.



Imperious on Imperial Fact

Incestuously the incredible begat.



His veterans and auxiliaries,

The trained, the trustful, sanguine, proud,



Princely, scarce numerable to recite, -

Titanic of all Titan tragedies! -



That Northern curtain took them, as the seas

Gulp the great ships to give back shipmen white.



Alive in marble, she conceived in soul,

With barren eyes and mouth, the mother's loss;

• statesman [´steitsmən] n.政治家，国务活动家 (初中英语单词)


• armour [´ɑ:mə] (=armor) n.甲胄，盔甲 (初中英语单词)


• utmost [´ʌtməust] a.最大的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)


• likewise [´laikwaiz] ad.同样地；也，又 (初中英语单词)


• gesture [´dʒestʃə] n.手势 v.打手势 (初中英语单词)


• vision [´viʒən] n.视觉；想象力；幻影 (初中英语单词)


• argument [´ɑ:gjumənt] n.辩论；争论；论证 (初中英语单词)


• wrought [rɔ:t] work 的过去式(分词) (初中英语单词)


• breath [breθ] n.呼吸；气息 (初中英语单词)


• captive [´kæptiv] n.俘虏；捕获物 (初中英语单词)


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


• prince [´prins] n.王子；亲王；君主 (初中英语单词)


• statue [´stætʃu:] n.塑像，雕像 (初中英语单词)


• warrior [´wɔriə] n.勇士，战士 (初中英语单词)


• peaceful [´pi:sfəl] a.和平的；平静的 (初中英语单词)


• supreme [su:´pri:m, sju:-] a.最高的，无上的 (初中英语单词)


• player [´pleiə] n.游戏的人；选手 (初中英语单词)


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


• harvest [´hɑ:vist] n.&v.收获；收割 (初中英语单词)


• emperor [´empərə] n.皇帝 (初中英语单词)


• sovereign [´sɔvrin] a.至高无上的 n.君主 (初中英语单词)


• thence [ðens] ad.从那里；因此 (初中英语单词)


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


• beheld [bi´held] behold的过去式(分词) (初中英语单词)


• admiration [,ædmə´reiʃən] n.赞赏，钦佩 (初中英语单词)


• female [´fi:meil] a.女(性)的 n.女人 (初中英语单词)


• lightning [´laitniŋ] n.闪电 a.突然的 (初中英语单词)


• stream [stri:m] n.河 vi.流出；飘扬 (初中英语单词)


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


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


• recite [ri´sait] v.背诵；叙述 (初中英语单词)


• marble [´mɑ:bəl] n.大理石 a.大理石的 (初中英语单词)


• barren [´bærən] a.贫瘠的；不生育的 (初中英语单词)


• extract [ik´strækt, ´ekstrækt] vt.取出；摘录 n.精华 (高中英语单词)


• preference [´prefərəns] n.优先选择；偏爱(物) (高中英语单词)


• vacancy [´veikənsi] n.空缺；空间；空虚 (高中英语单词)


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


• infinite [´infinit] a.无限的，无穷的 (高中英语单词)


• limited [´limitid] a.有限(制)的 (高中英语单词)


• nursery [´nə:səri] n.托儿所；苗床；养鱼场 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• riddle [´ridl] n.谜(语) v.解(谜等) (高中英语单词)


• stricken [´strikən] strike的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• reproach [ri´prəutʃ] vt.&n.责备；指责；耻辱 (高中英语单词)


• reverence [´revərəns] n.尊敬；敬畏；尊严 (高中英语单词)


• barrier [´bæriə] n.栅栏；屏障；障碍 (高中英语单词)


• breach [bri:tʃ] n.&v.破坏；违犯 (高中英语单词)


• manhood [´mænhud] n.人格；男子气概 (高中英语单词)


• quench [kwentʃ] v.熄灭；平息；压制 (高中英语单词)


• applicant [´æplikənt] n.请求者；申请人 (高中英语单词)


• northward [´nɔ:θwəd] ad.&a.向北(的) n.北 (高中英语单词)


• incredible [in´kredəbəl] a.不能相信的；惊人的 (高中英语单词)


• marshal [´mɑ:ʃəl] n.(陆军)元帅 (英语四级单词)


• hoarse [hɔ:s] a.嘶哑的；嗓门粗哑的 (英语四级单词)


• interpose [,intə´pəuz] v.插入；调解；干预 (英语四级单词)


• feebly [´fi:bli] ad.虚弱地；贫乏地 (英语四级单词)


• brazen [´breizən] a.黄铜制的；无耻的 (英语四级单词)


• radiance [´reidjəns] n.发光；光彩；辐射 (英语四级单词)


• genial [´dʒi:niəl] a.愉快的；和蔼的 (英语四级单词)


• stature [´stætʃə] n.身高；身材 (英语四级单词)


• towering [´tauəriŋ] a.高耸的；强烈的 (英语四级单词)


• masculine [´mæ:skjulin] a.男性的 n.男子 (英语四级单词)


• alternative [ɔ:l´tə:nətiv] a.二中选一的 n.选择 (英语四级单词)


• blessed [´blesid] a.享福的；神圣的 (英语四级单词)


• shaggy [´ʃægi] a.蓬乱的；多粗毛的 (英语四级单词)


• nightly [´naitli] a.&ad.每夜(的) (英语四级单词)


• pastoral [´pɑ:stərəl] a.牧(羊)人的 n.田园诗 (英语四级单词)


• despot [´despɔt] n.暴君，专制者 (英语六级单词)


• mastery [´mɑ:stəri] n.精通；控制；优势 (英语六级单词)


• devilish [´devəliʃ] a.魔鬼般的，凶恶的 (英语六级单词)


• vagrant [´veigrənt] n.流浪者 a.流浪的 (英语六级单词)


• propel [prə´pel] vt.推进；推动 (英语六级单词)


• discord [´diskɔ:d] n.不一致；不和谐 (英语六级单词)


• cherubim [´tʃerəbim] n.cherub的复数 (英语六级单词)


• impulsive [im´pʌlsiv] a.易冲动的 (英语六级单词)


• nuptial [´nʌpʃəl] a.婚姻的 n.婚礼 (英语六级单词)


• footing [´futiŋ] n.立脚点；基础；地位 (英语六级单词)


• timely [´taimli] a.及时的；适合的 (英语六级单词)


• copious [´kəupiəs] a.丰富的；冗长的 (英语六级单词)


• servitude [´sə:vitju:d] n.奴隶状态；苦役 (英语六级单词)


• sanguine [´sæŋgwin] a.血红的 n.血红色 (英语六级单词)