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1633年作。時彌爾頓不過只有二十五歲。 : FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, ^^^^^ ^^^ 為什麼? (基督教線性時間觀) Personification 擬人 很常見的手法 : Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, : Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace; ^^^^^^^^ 重物,即鐘擺 事實上此詩原先副題即 "To be set on a clock case" : And glut thy self with what thy womb devours, : Which is no more then what is false and vain, 5 : And meerly mortal dross; : So little is our loss, : So little is thy gain. 簡言之,即是時間只奪去虛無的東西, or "mortal dross (殘渣)", 對我們影響微不足道。 : For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, : And last of all, thy greedy self consum'd, 10 : Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss : With an individual kiss; (undividable; all beings are united.) : And Joy shall overtake us as a flood, : When every thing that is sincerely good : And perfectly divine, 15 : With Truth, and Peace, and Love shall ever shine : About the supreme Throne : Of him, t'whose happy-making sight alone, : When once our heav'nly-guided soul shall climb, : Then all this Earthy grossness quit, 20 : Attir'd with Stars, we shall for ever sit, : Triumphing over Death, and Chance, and thee O Time. 接下來 9-22 行由一個句點貫穿,講述 God's eternal kingdom at the end of time. 我們將除去 "Earthy grossness" (即肉體),而受天庭指引的靈魂向上高升, 永恆為眾星點綴,超越死亡、意外以及時間。 此詩基本敘述與思想可與 John Donne 有名的十四行詩 "Death be not proud" 並看。同時, Milton 自己寫於二十三歲生日的 "How soon hath Time" 可說是此詩 於個人面向的一個翻版。 (參考資料: 1. John Milton - Complete Poems and Major Prose. Merritt Y. Hughes ed. p. 80 2. Barbara Lewalski. The Life of John Milton. p. 62) -- 請聽史前第一位去死團團員的怒吼: "Sight hateful, sight tormenting! thus these two Imparadis't in one anothers arms The happier Eden, shall enjoy thir fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to Hell am thrust, Where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire, ... - Paradise Lost, 4.505ff. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.70.75.17
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