1633年作。时弥尔顿不过只有二十五岁。 : FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, ^^^^^ ^^^ 为什麽? (基督教线性时间观) Personification 拟人 很常见的手法 : Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, : Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace; ^^^^^^^^ 重物，即钟摆 事实上此诗原先副题即 "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. 简言之，即是时间只夺去虚无的东西, or "mortal dross (残渣)", 对我们影响微不足道。 : 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. 接下来 9-22 行由一个句点贯穿，讲述 God's eternal kingdom at the end of time. 我们将除去 "Earthy grossness" (即肉体)，而受天庭指引的灵魂向上高升， 永恒为众星点缀，超越死亡、意外以及时间。 此诗基本叙述与思想可与 John Donne 有名的十四行诗 "Death be not proud" 并看。同时， Milton 自己写於二十三岁生日的 "How soon hath Time" 可说是此诗 於个人面向的一个翻版。 (参考资料： 1. John Milton - Complete Poems and Major Prose. Merritt Y. Hughes ed. p. 80 2. Barbara Lewalski. The Life of John Milton. p. 62) -- 请听史前第一位去死团团员的怒吼： "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. --

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