London, 1802
London, 1802
by William Wordsworth
Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee: she is a fen
Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,
Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower,
Have forfeited their ancient English dower
Of inward happiness. We are selfish men;
Oh! raise us up, return to us again;
And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart:
Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:
Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free,
So didst thou travel on life's common way,
In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart
The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
倫敦，一八零二年
屠岸 譯
密爾頓！你啊，應該生活到今天，
英國需要你：她是個死水灣；無奈
圣壇，寶劍，筆桿，還有那爐臺，
廳堂上以及內室里英雄的財產
都已經喪失了它們內心的歡忭——
那英國的古傳統。我們自私，狹隘；
扶我們起身呵，回到我們中間來；
給我們以風格，道德，自由，才干！
你的靈魂象一顆星，獨居在遠處，
你有一種聲音，宏大如海洋，
純潔如明凈的天空，莊嚴，豪放；
你這樣走過生命的普通道路，
帶著愉快的虔敬；同時，你的心
也曾承擔過那最為卑微的責任。
威廉?華茲華斯簡介
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