Here and there in the grass, roses threw out sprangles from crushed old stems and pink and white crepe myrtle bloomed as valiantly as if war had not passed over their heads and Yankee horses gnawed their boughs.

• 草地上，有一簇簇的玫瑰，经过摧残之后，主干上又发出了新枝，还有粉色的紫薇争芳斗艳，仿佛它们头顶上上从没发生战乱，北方佬的战马也没啃过它们的枝叶。