Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

VOA: special.2010.09.17

Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells - Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

阳光的温暖接着使那水晶的硬壳,从树枝上崩落，一齐倾泻在雪地上-,这么一大堆碎玻璃尽够你打扫,你还以为是天顶的华盖塌了下来。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

But their most important job is to whistle,shout,flap their arms and run about crazily to turn the attention of an unhappy, with sharp horns away from a fallen rider.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25