[分享] The Old Stone Cross (W. B. Yeats)

[EddyGuitar (快樂學習學習快樂)]

Yeats還真幽默
請看前兩行他如何展現諷刺的語言  哈!




A statesman is an easy man,
He tells his lies by rote;
A journalist makes up his lies
And takes you by the throat;
So stay at home’ and drink your beer
And let the neighbours’ vote,
        Said the man in the golden breastplate
        Under the old stone Cross.

Because this age and the next age
Engender in the ditch,
No man can know a happy man
From any passing wretch;
If Folly link with Elegance
No man knows which is which,
        Said the man in the golden breastplate
        Under the old stone Cross.

But actors lacking music
Do most excite my spleen,
They say it is more human
To shuffle, grunt and groan,
Not knowing what unearthly stuff
Rounds a mighty scene,
        Said the man in the golden breastplate
        Under the old stone Cross.

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