※ 引述《Astrophil (apple)》之銘言： : ※ 引述《flying49 (小郁)》之銘言： : : 是Frank Thompson寫的 : : 作品名稱叫做 allotrias diai Cynaikos (為了別人老婆的緣故) : : 1940年寫成，應該是英文沒錯 雖然他的標題看起來不是現代英文..... : : 連英文都不像....... : : 在宇宙波瀾這本書理有提到(disturbing the universe)這首詩 : 這本書(原文)在 中興大學, 彰化師大, 中山大學, 高雄第一科技大學 的圖書館有. : 這首詩在 35 頁左右吧. 看有沒有人去借出來, 再好心 copy 出來. : PS. Frank Thompson 是大名鼎鼎的 E. P. Thompson 的哥哥, : 也是近來很紅的 Iris Murdoch 的初戀情人. 可惜戰爭奪走了他年輕的生命. I found this poem according to Astrophil's amazing memory and erudition. It's exactly on page 35 of_Disturbing the Universe_, in an article entitled "The Blood of a Poet." Allotrias diai Gynaikos (For the sake of another man's wife), Agamemnon 437-451 Between the dartboard and the empty fireplace They are talking of the boys the village has lost; Tom, our best bowler all last season, Died clean and swift when his plane went reeling; Bill, who drank beer and laughed, is now asleep Behind Dunkirk, helped others to escape; And Dave went down on that aircraft carrier, Dave, whom nobody minded, But who played the flute rather well, I remember. "These boys died bravely. We'll always be proud of them, They've given old Adolf something to set him thinking." That was the loudest, the driving wave of opinion. But in the corners hear the eddies singing— "For the sake of another man's wife." They died in a war of others' making. "Helen the fair went over the water With Paris your friend, one of your own gang, Whom we never trusted, but you feasted For years with fawning, let your hands go hang. We warned you. You could have stopped it.... But now we have sent our sons from the cornfields. War, like a grocer, weighs and sends us back Ashes for men, and all our year goes black. "Yes. They died well, but not to suit your purpose; Not so that you could go hunting with two horses, While their sons touched their caps, opening gates for pennies. Perhaps we shall take a hand, write our own ending." One growls this beneath his breath. Soft, but the Titan heard it waking. --

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