Staying in touch with old friends 与老朋友们保持联系 I recently met an old friend I hadn’t seen in ages. 我最近见了一位许久没见面的老朋友。 He said that he had been busy and also didn’t really know to contact me. 他说自己过去一直很忙,也真

How like a winter hath my absence been 你是这飞逝年华中的快乐与期盼， From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! 一旦离开了你，日子便宛若冬寒。 What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! 瑟缩的冰冷攫住了我，天色多么阴暗！ What old Decembe

In the wood, the scrub-oak is only just coming uncrumpled, and the pines keep their hold on winter. 在森林里，矮灌木即将倒下，而松树在冬天里则稳稳地保持自己的站姿。 They are wintry things, stone-pined. 冬天是最适宜石松生长的季节。 At Christmas, t

Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. 红玫瑰花是她的最爱，她的名字也叫Rose。 And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. 每年她的丈夫都要送她打了可爱蝴蝶结的红玫瑰。 The year he died, the roses were deliver

The Flight of Youth There are gains for all our losses. There are balms for all our pain: But when youth, the dream, departs It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again. We are strong