Sonnet CI.

作者: 东学西学 | 来源:发表于2019-08-27 05:44 被阅读0次

    CI.

    O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends

    For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?

    Both truth and beauty on my love depends;

    So dost thou too, and therein dignified.

    Make answer, Muso: wilt thou not haply say,

    'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fix'd;

    Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;

    But best is best, if never intermix'd?'

    Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?

    Excuse not silence so; for't lies in thee

    To make him much outlive a gilded tomb

    And to be prais'd of ages yet to be.

    Then do thy office. Muse; I teach thee how

    To make him seem long hence as he shows now.

    *Truant~

    play truant 逃学

    Someone shirks duty

    *Thou wilt~you will

    *haply~by accident

    *gilded~gilt,golden

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