A precious, mouldering pleasure t is

To meet an antique book,

In just the dress his century wore;

A privilege, I think,

His venerable hand to take,

And warming in our own,

A passage back, or two, to make

To times when he was young.

His quaint opinions to inspect,

His knowledge to unfold

On what concerns our mutual mind,

The literature of old;

What interested scholars most,

What competitions ran

When Plato was a certainty.

And Sophocles a man;

When Sappho was a living girl,

And Beatrice wore

The gown that Dante deified.

Facts, centuries before,

He traverses familiar,

As one should come to town

And tell you all your dreams were true;

He lived where dreams were sown.

His presence is enchantment,

You beg him not to go;

Old volumes shake their vellum heads

And tantalize, just so.

【IN A LIBRARY】相关文章：

★ 2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解一百四十集选练：（76）

★ 我选故我爱 高考毕业后勇敢选专业

★ A Good Librarian

★ 会赚钱≠会省钱：省钱帝的理财建议

★ 2017届安徽高三英语完形填空训练（6）

★ 第16课 有礼貌的 - 1

★ 2017届高考英语一轮复习阅读理解解析版汇编：48（含解析）

★ 中考英语被动语态练习题及答案

★ 2017届高考英语二轮复习语法综合演练：专题13 特殊句式（含解析）

★ 高考英语一轮复习精品课件《Module 6 War and Peace》（外研版选修6）