It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves.

• 它落在每一片阴沉沉中部平原的土地上，落在光秃秃的荒山上，轻轻地落进艾伦沼泽中，再往西，又轻轻地落进香农河澎湃着黑蒙蒙的浪涛中。