The wide Sound, the Breakwater, the light-house on far-off Eddystone, the dark steam vessels, brigs, barques, and schooners, either floating stilly, or gliding with tiniest motion, were as the dream, then; the dreamed-of event was as the reality.
宽阔的海峡、防波堤、遥远的埃迪斯通上的灯塔、漆黑的蒸汽、双
帆
、
小帆
和纵帆
,要么静静地漂
着,要么以最微小的动作滑行,那
梦一样;梦寐以求的事件
现实一样。