原文
"Splendid," Anne agreed, gray shining eyes looking down into blue
shining ones. Anne and Paul both knew
"How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view,"
and both knew the way to that happy land. There the rose of joy bloomed immortal by dale and stream; clouds never darkened the sunny sky; sweet bells never jangled out of tune; and kindred spirits abounded. The knowledge of that land's geography . . . "east o' the sun, west o' the moon" . . . is priceless lore, not to be bought in any market place. It must be the gift of the good fairies at birth and the years can never deface it or take it away. It is better to possess it, living in a garret, than to be the inhabitant of palaces without it.
語彙など
- splendid:素晴らしい
- fair:美しい,魅力的な
- realm:王国
- view:光景
- joy:歓喜
- bloom::花が咲く
- immortal:不滅の,永久の
- dale:谷
- stream:川,小川
- cloud:雲
- darken:暗くする
- sunny:明るく日が照る
- jangle:ジャンジャン鳴る
- out of tune:調子はずれで
- kindred spirits:気の合う者同士
- abound:たくさんいる
- geography:地形
- priceless:非常に貴重な
- lore:言い伝え,知識
- market place:市場
- fairy:妖精
- at birth:出生時における
- deface:汚して破損する
- take away:取り去る
- possess:保有する
- garret:屋根裏部屋
- inhabitant:住民
- palace:宮殿