walked And Avarice shuddered, and put ashes on her head. Thou art cruel, she cried; thou art cruel There is famine in the walled cities of India, and the cisterns of Samarcand have run dry. There is famine in the walled cities of Egypt, and the locusts have come up from the desert. The Nile has not overflowed its banks, and the priests have cursed Isis and Osiris Get thee gone to those who need thee. and leave e my servants Nay, answered Death, but till thou hast given me a grain of corn I will not I will not give thee anything, ' said Avarice And Death laughed again, and he whistled through his fingers, and a woman came flying through the air. Plague was written upon her forehead, and a crowd of lean vultures wheeled round her. She covered the valley with her wings, and no man was left alive And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped away, and his galloping was faster than the wind And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils. 6 And the young King wept, and said: 'Who were these men, and for what were they seeking For rubies for a kings crown, answered one who stood behind him hold and the young King started 3, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim4and ing in his hand a mirror of silver And he grew pale, and said For what king? And the pilgrim answered Look in this mirror, and thou shalt 5 see him And he looked in the mirror, and, seeing his own face, he gave a great cry and woke, and the bright sunlight was streaming into the room, and from the trees of the garden and pleasaunce the birds were singing And the Chamberlain and the high officers of State came in and made obeisance to him and the pages brought him the robe of tissued gold and set the crown and the sceptre before him And the young King looked at them, and they were beautiful. More beautiful were they than aught that he had ever seen. But he remembered his dreams, and he said to his lords: Take these things away, for I will not wear them And the courtiers were amazed and some of them laughed, for they thought that he was jesting But he spake sternly to them again, and said Take these things away, and hide them from me. Though it be the day of my coronation, I will not wear them. For on the loom of Sorrow, and Isis n.伊希斯(古埃及的丰饶女神) Osiris n.司阴府之神,地狱判官(埃及神话人物名) gal loped vi.飞驰 And out of the s l ime at the bottom of the val ley crept horrible things with scales, and the jacka l s came trott ing a long the sand sniffing up the air with the ir nostr i ls.从山谷底部的稀泥中爬出无数条 龙和有鳞甲的怪兽,一群胡狼也沿着沙滩跑来,并用鼻孔贪婪着吸着空气 原形 start,这里表吃惊一意 piler im香客 β shalt v.应该;将要;必须(sha|的第二人称单数现在式) Chamber lain.宫廷大臣 spake v.说( speak的过去式)walked. And Avarice shuddered, and put ashes on her head. 'Thou art cruel,' she cried; 'thou art cruel. There is famine in the walled cities of India, and the cisterns of Samarcand have run dry. There is famine in the walled cities of Egypt, and the locusts have come up from the desert. The Nile has not overflowed its banks, and the priests have cursed Isis59 and Osiris60. Get thee gone to those who need thee, and leave me my servants.' 'Nay,' answered Death, 'but till thou hast given me a grain of corn I will not go.' 'I will not give thee anything,' said Avarice. And Death laughed again, and he whistled through his fingers, and a woman came flying through the air. Plague was written upon her forehead, and a crowd of lean vultures wheeled round her. She covered the valley with her wings, and no man was left alive. And Avarice fled shrieking through the forest, and Death leaped upon his red horse and galloped61 away, and his galloping was faster than the wind. And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils. 62 And the young King wept, and said: 'Who were these men, and for what were they seeking?' 'For rubies for a king's crown,' answered one who stood behind him. And the young King started63, and, turning round, he saw a man habited as a pilgrim64 and holding in his hand a mirror of silver. And he grew pale, and said: 'For what king?' And the pilgrim answered: 'Look in this mirror, and thou shalt65 see him.' And he looked in the mirror, and, seeing his own face, he gave a great cry and woke, and the bright sunlight was streaming into the room, and from the trees of the garden and pleasaunce the birds were singing. And the Chamberlain66 and the high officers of State came in and made obeisance to him, and the pages brought him the robe of tissued gold, and set the crown and the sceptre before him. And the young King looked at them, and they were beautiful. More beautiful were they than aught that he had ever seen. But he remembered his dreams, and he said to his lords: 'Take these things away, for I will not wear them.' And the courtiers were amazed, and some of them laughed, for they thought that he was jesting. But he spake67 sternly to them again, and said: 'Take these things away, and hide them from me. Though it be the day of my coronation, I will not wear them. For on the loom of Sorrow, and 59 Isis n. 伊希斯（古埃及的丰饶女神） 60 Osiris n. 司阴府之神，地狱判官（埃及神话人物名） 61 galloped vi. 飞驰 62 And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils. 从山谷底部的稀泥中爬出无数条 龙和有鳞甲的怪兽，一群胡狼也沿着沙滩跑来，并用鼻孔贪婪着吸着空气。 63原形 start，这里表吃惊一意 64 pilgrim 香客 65 shalt v. 应该；将要；必须（shall 的第二人称单数现在式） 66 Chamberlain n.宫廷大臣 67 spake v. 说（speak 的过去式）