(原版)澳大利亞語文第三冊 LESSON 42
LESSON 42 QUEEN MAB
QUEEN MAB
1. A little fairy comes at night,
Her eyes are blue, her hair is brown,
With silver spots upon her wings,
And from the moon she flutters [1] down.
2. She has a little silver wand [2] ,
And when a good child goes to bed
She waves her wand from right to left,
And makes a circle [3] round its head.
3. And then it dreams of pleasant things,
Of fountains filled with fairy fish,
And trees that bear delicious [4] fruit,
And bow their branches at a wish.
4. Of arbours [5] filled with dainty scents
From lovely flowers that never fade;
Bright flies that glitter [6] in the sun,
And glow-worms [7] shining in the shade.
5. And singing birds with gifted [8] tongues
For singing songs and telling tales;
And pretty dwarfs to show the way
Through fairy hills and fairy dales [9] .
—T. HOOD
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[1] flutters: Flies with trembling wings; like a falling leaf.
[2] wand: Stick, rod.
[3] circle: Ring.
[4] delicious: Very pleasing to taste.
[5] arbour: A shelter made of trees and flowers.
[6] glitter: Shine brightly.
[7] glow-worms: Beetles which give out a greenish light.
[8] gifted: Clever; able to do something very well.
[9] dales: Valleys.
