An English Breeze

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Up with the sun, the breeze arose,
Across the talking corn she goes,
And smooth she rustles far and wide
Through all the voiceful countryside.
Through all the land her tale she tells;
She spins, she tosses, she compels
The kites, the clouds, the windmill sails
And all the trees in all the dales.
God calls us, and the day prepares
With nimble, gay and gracious airs:
And from Penzance to Maidenhead
The roads last night He watered.
God calls us from inglorious ease,
Forth and to travel with the breeze
While, swift and singing, smooth and strong
She gallops by the fields along.
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An English () Breeze ()
Robert () Louis () Stevenson ()
Up () with the sun ( ), the breeze ( ) arose (),
Across () [ ] the talking corn ( ) she* goes (
),
And smooth ( ) she () rustles () far and wide ()
Through all ( ) the voiceful () countryside ().
Through all the land ( ) her tale ( ) she tells (
);
She spins ( /), she tosses ( ), she compels (
[])
The kites ( ), the clouds (), the windmill sails (
)
And all the trees ( ) in all the dales ( ).
God calls us ( ), and the day prepares (
)
With () nimble (), gay () and gracious ( ) airs
():

And from ( ) Penzance () to () Maidenhead ()

The roads () last night ( ) He watered ( ).
God calls us ( ) from inglorious ease (
),
Forth () and () to travel with the breeze (
)
While (), swift and singing ( ), smooth and strong
( )
She gallops ( ) by the fields along ( ).

. , .
COMMENTS:

she* - , .. - .

corn
1) ) , ( )
) , , . .
:corn of salt ; corn of black pepper ;
coffee corns
)
: corn of sand
2) (, , , , . .; . )
: bread-corn , (. , )
corn failure

smooth
1) ) ( - )
) ,
) , ( )
:a plant with smooth leaves

2) , ; ( )
3) ) , ;
) ,
: the smooth course of his life
4) ) , ( )
)
: smooth dough
5) , ,
6) , ( -.); ,
: a smooth disposition
7) ) ,
) ,
) , , ( )
: the only smooth poet of those times ,

to rustle
1) , , ;
: The dry leaf rustles in the brake. .
2) (.)
3) (.) ,
: Can you rustle up some more players: two of the team are sick.
? .
I'll try and rustle you up something to eat. - .
4) (.) , ()

to compel

1) , , (-. - from smb.)

:You cannot compel good work from unwilling students.
, , .
2) ,

kite
1) , , . . ( Accipitridae)
2) ) ( - , )
) ,
3) )
: to fly a kite ;
to send up a kite , ,

) (., )

sail ( ,
)

nimble
1) , , ; ( )
2) ) , , ( )
) , ( , )
3) , ( )

gracious
1) , (to, towards)
2) , , , ; (to, towards)
: She is gracious to all. . .

airs
1) , , ,
2) , , ;
: to give oneself airs, to put on airs ,

ease
1) ,
) , , ( , ,
. . )
: He wanted a little ease after the agitation and exertions of the day.
.
to take one's ease
) , ( );
: at one's ease , ,
a life of aimless ease and luxury ,

) , ( , . .)
: to feel ill at ease ,
his usual "stand at ease" position " "
2) ,
: She rides a horse with ease. .
to learn with ease

to water
1) ) , ; , ,
: We helped the gardener in watering his flowers. .

) ( . .)
)
2) ) , ( "" , )
) ; ""
3) ) (-.), ()
: The beasts to be fed and watered. , .
) ,
4) )
: It was tea twice watered with a good deal of sugar in it. ,
, .
) ,
5) )
: The smoke of the pipe got into the Captain's eyes, and made them water. (Dickens)
, .
)
) ,
: Her mouth waters at the sight of popcorn.
.