作者Aegisth (抄、研究、創造、發明)
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標題Re: [請益] John Milton -- On Time
時間Tue Apr 24 18:27:04 2007
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)
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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.
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