Passage to India（二）

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Passage O soul to India！

Eclaircise the myths Asiatic， the primitive¹ fables².

Not you alone proud truths of the world，

Nor you alone ye facts of modern science，

But myths and fables of eld， Asia's， Africa's fables，

The far-darting beams of the spirit， the unloos'd dreams，

The deep diving bibles and legends，

The daring plots of the poets， the elder religions；

O you temples fairer than lilies pour'd over by the rising

sun！

O you fables spurning³ the known， eluding⁴ the hold of the

known， mounting to heaven！

You lofty and dazzling towers， pinnacled⁵， red as roses，

burnish'd with gold！

Towers of fables immortal⁶ fashion'd from mortal dreams！

You too I welcome and fully⁷ the same as the rest！

You too with joy I sing.

Passage to India！

Lo， soul， seest thou not God's purpose from the first？

The earth to be spann'd， connected by network，

The races， neighbors， to marry and be given in marriage，

The oceans to be cross'd， the distant brought near，

The lands to be welded together.

A worship new I sing，

You captains， voyagers， explorers， yours，

You engineers， you architects， machinists， yours，

You， not for trade or transportation only，

But in God's name， and for thy sake O soul.

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1 primitive
adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物
参考例句：
It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。 His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

2 fables
n.寓言( fable的名词复数 )；神话，传说
参考例句：
Some of Aesop's Fables are satires. 《伊索寓言》中有一些是讽刺作品。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 Little Mexican boys also breathe the American fables. 墨西哥族的小孩子对美国神话也都耳濡目染。来自辞典例句

3 spurning
v.一脚踢开，拒绝接受( spurn的现在分词 )
参考例句：
There is no point in spurning sth. 鄙视某事物是毫无意义的。来自互联网 It does its job with subtlety, however, spurning the hammer intensity of something like cranberry juice. 然而，它与微妙做它的工作践踏象酸果蔓的果实果汁一样的一些东西的榔头紧张。来自互联网

4 eluding
v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的现在分词 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到
参考例句：
He saw no way of eluding Featherstone's stupid demand. 费瑟斯通的愚蠢要求使他走投无路。来自辞典例句 The fox succeeded in eluding the hunters. 这狐狸成功地避过了猎手。来自辞典例句

5 pinnacled
小尖塔般耸立的，顶处的
参考例句：
How sharply its pinnacled angles and its wilderness of spires were cut against the sky. 峰峦般的棱角和无数尖塔，多么醒目地搠在天空。 He desired not to be pinnacled, but sink into the crowd. 他不想出人头地，只愿深入群众之中。

6 immortal
adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的
参考例句：
The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。 The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！

7 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。