E - erelong 中文 - EN166

erelong adv.〔古語〕不久，即刻。

eremacausis

I had often stood on the banks of the concord , watching the lapse of the current , an emblem of all progress , following the same law with the system , with time , and all that is made ; the weeds at the bottom gently bending down the stream , shaken by the watery wind , still planted where their seeds had sunk , but erelong to die and go down likewise ; the shining pebbles , not yet anxious to better their condition , the chips and weeds , and occasional logs and stems of trees that floated past , fulfilling their fate , were objects of singular interest to me , and at last i resolved to launch myself on its bosom and float whither it would bear me 我常站在康科德河的岸邊，望著逝去的流水- - -它是一切過程的象征，和宇宙，和時間及一切造物受同一法則的支配；那河底的水草隨著水流輕柔地彎曲，仿佛受到水底清風的吹拂，此刻還在水底扎根，但不久后就會凋零并隨波濤逝去；那閃亮的鵝卵石- - -它們還不急著尋找更好的去處，那砂石碎屑、藤蔓野草，和那偶爾從水面漂過、奔向命運盡頭的圓木、樹干，都使我產生了極大的興趣，我最終決定泛舟于康科德河的胸膛之上，隨它將我載去任何地方。