The grass under their feet became trodden away, and the hard, beaten surface of the sod, when viewed aslant towards the moonlight, shone like a polished table.

他们脚下的草被踩得乱七八糟，在月光斜向的照射下，被踩的硬邦邦的地面就像是抛光的桌面。

We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow!

匆忙平整，那块狭窄墓穴，从今往后，对手抑或过客，再亦不会，惊扰他的睡眠，我们又将迎接，新的血雨腥风。

Lydgate believed that he should not marry for several years: not marry until he had trodden out a good clear path for himself away from the broad road which was quite ready made.

利德盖特认为他几年内不应该结婚：直到他从已经准备好的宽阔道路上为自己踏出一条清晰的道路之前，再不结婚。