2019-04-26 WALDEN -DAY 11

chapter 8 ponds

The scenery of Walden is on a humble scale, and, though very beautiful, does not approach to grandeur, nor can it much concern one who has not long frequented it or lived by its shore; yet this pond is so remarkable for its depth and purity as to merit a particular description. 瓦尔登的风景是卑微的，虽然很美，却并不是宏伟的，甚至谈不上接近于宏伟，不常去那么游玩的人，不住在它岸边的人未必能被它吸引住；但是这一个湖以深邃和清澈著称，值得给予特别突出的描写。

I see by its face that it is visited by the same reflection; and

I can almost say, Walden, is it you?

It is no dream of mine,

To ornament a line;

I cannot come nearer to God and Heaven

Than I live to Walden even.

I am its stony shore,

And the breeze that passes o'er;

In the hollow of my hand

Are its water and its sand,

And its deepest resort

Lies high in my thought

我从它的水面上又看到了同样

的倒影，我几乎要说了，瓦尔登，是你吗？

这不是我的梦，

用于装饰一行诗；

我不能更接近上帝和天堂

甚于我之生活在瓦尔登。

我是它的圆石岸，

飘拂而过的风；

在我掌中的一握，

是它的水，它的沙，

而它的最深邃僻隐处

高高躺在我的思想中。 

skyrocket：焰火

quench：结束，熄灭，淬火

haunt：常 去 ，常 到 ，萦绕心头

guile：手段

resort：凭借，手段，常 去之地，胜地