ShellytoElizabethHitchener雪莱致伊丽莎白·西琴勒的情书
刚才收到你1号的来信,我按我们之前的
默契复信。这个默契是不能违背的。我们
早上起身时,你确实说过,实际情况已经
不一样了。谁能猜得到我上次写信时的境
况呢?我心灵的知己,这太可怕,太令人
沮丧了。我的心为之一沉,锐气消磨殆
尽……亲爱的人儿,我又是你的了,你的
幸福又将压倒我这短暂的孤芳自赏。然而
在这种时候,谁又不会有同感呢?啊,如
果一息尚存而欲其不闻不问岂非与使第六
感对这样一些印象变得迟钝同样不顾后果
吗?最亲爱的朋友,宽恕我吧,我把整个
心都掏给你了。几度提笔,笔不从心。但
激情终于涌现,你的信也起了作用。我认
为我们之间的交往永远不会终止,这种交
往给我带来了生命的曙光,是洒在我冰凉
而漫长的人生旅途上的温暖阳光。偏见可
能要求人们做出牺牲,但我们不会向这个
幽灵屈服。世俗可能要我们做出牺牲,舆
论也会提出要求;但遥望漂过远方山岭的
云朵也乐在其中,有益于身心。只要一息
尚存,决不屈服,决不低头;即使大限到
来,人间情侣也要天上相聚。何谓爱情,
何谓友情?是球、苹果、玩偶——可以信
手拈来、随意给人的实物?是不能深化、
不能交流的吗?凯米斯勋爵把爱情定义为
一般激情的特殊体现,但这是肉欲之爱、
情欲之爱——是荒谬绝伦的逢场作戏:是
寻欢作乐的爱,不是幸福的爱。这是一种
以自我为中心的爱,自私自利的爱:它只
求利己,是嫉妒之源,其目的在于垄断追
求的玩物,其本质是私心、垄断。这种爱
的些许表现也是对爱的亵渎,使脆如纤草
的爱泯灭殆尽。但我们崇拜的爱,象征美
德、天意和无私,一句话,真情——它既
能感知,又与远方山头的云朵息息相通。
它追求大家的幸福——首先是对方的幸
福,不是因为对方给予欢乐,也不仅因为
对方使自己幸福,而是因为这种爱真正无
愧于心,因为它有力量,有情感,并能无
私奉献,因为美德的可爱而爱美德——不
ShellytoElizabethHitchener
ChestnutCottage,Keswick
Tuesday,12November1811
Yourletterofthe1sthaththismoment
ritaccordingtoour
agreement,whichshallbe
1)idyousaythat,
atourarisinginthemorning,Nature
ld
have2)conjecturedthecircumstances
ofmylastletter?Friendofmysoul,
thisisterrible,dismaying:itmakes
one'sheartsink,itwithersvital
energy….Dearbeing,Iam3)thine
again;thyhappinessshallagain
predominauteoverthisfleeting
would
notfeelnow?Oh'twereas4)recklessa
tasktoendeavourto5)annihilate
perceptionwhilenexisted,asto
6)bluntthesixthntosuch
impressionsasthe!—forgiveme,
dearestfriend!Ipouroutmywholesoul
byfleetingintervals:
impassionatenessofmynsations
tter,too,has
,withmy
connt,shallthatintercourcea
whichhasbeentheday-dawnofmy
existence,thesunwhichhasshed
warmthonthecolddrearlengthofthe
anticipatedprospectoflife.
Prejudicemightdemandthesacrifice,
butsheisanidoltowhomwebownot.
Theworldmightdemandit;itsopinion
mightrequire;butthecloudwhich
fleesover7)yonmountainwereas
importanttoourhappiness,toour
是因为怕下地狱或想升天堂而为他人求得
幸福,而是出于纯朴无华的美德。你不久
又会收到我的信。再见了,我最亲爱的朋
友。请你继续相信这一点:我什么时候对
阁下不忠,我便将不复存在。
你的最诚挚和至死不渝的
珀西·雪莱
stneverbe,never
whilstthixistencecontinues;and
whenTimehanrolledusinthelist
ofthedeparted,surelythisfriendship
willsurvivetobearouridentityto
love,orfriendship?Is
itsomethingmaterial—aball,an
apple,aplaything—whichmustbetaken
fromonetobegiventoanother?Isit
capableofnoextension,no
communication?LordKaimesdefines
lovetoa8)particularizationofthe
sisthelove
ofnsation,ofntiment—the
absurdestofabsurdvanities:itisthe
loveofpleasure,nottheloveof
isalovewhichis
lf-centered,lf-devoted,
lf-interested:Itdesiresitsown
interest;itistheparentofjealousy.
Itsobjectistheplaythingwhichit
desiresto9)hness,
monopoly,isitsverysoul,andto
communicatetootherspartofthislove
weretodestroyitsnce,to
10)
love,thelovewhichwe
worship,—virtue,heaven,
disinterestedness—inaword,
Friendship—whichhasasmuchtodo
withthensaswith11)yonder
mountains;thatwhicheksthegoodof
all—thegoodofitsobjectfirst,not
becauthatobjectisaministertoits
pleasures,notmerelybecauiteven
contributestoitshappiness,but
becauitisreallyworthy,becauit
haspowers,nsibilities,iscapable
ofabstractingitlf,andloving
virtueforvirtue'sown
loveliness—desiringthehappinessof
othersnotfromtheobligationof
fearinghellordesiringheaven:but
forpure,simple,unsophisticated
lsoonhearagain.
12)Adieu,ue
tobelievethatwhenIaminnsibleto
yourexcellence,Ishallceato
exist.
Yoursmostsincerely,inviolably,
eternally.
PercyS.
Achild'sChristmaslist圣诞老人亲启
ByDianaMitev
Afriendislikeaflower,
arotobeexact,
Ormaybelikeabrandnewgate
thatnevercomesunlatched.
Afriendislikeanowl,
bothbeautifulandwi.
Orperhapsafriendislikeaghost,
whospiritneverdies.
Afriendislikethobladesofgrass
youcannevermow,
standingstraight,tall,andproud
inaperfectlittlerow.
Afriendislikeaheartthatgoes
stronguntiltheend.
Wherewouldwebeinthisworld
ifwedidn'thaveafriend?
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