THE EAGLE ( by Alfred Tennyson)

 

 

The Eagle

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls.

VOCABULARY:

To clasp- sujetar, apretar

Crag- risco, peñasco

Crooked- curvo

Ringed- rodeado

Azure- celeste

Wrinkled- rugoso,  encrespado

Crawl- gatear, deslizarse sigilosamente

Thunderbolt- rayo

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