济慈诗歌和书信选(英文版)28 Why Did I Laugh Tonight? No Voice Will Tell:
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：济慈诗歌和书信选(英文版)
英语课
Why Did I Laugh Tonight? No Voice Will Tell:
Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will tell:
No God, no Demon 1 of severe response,
Deigns 2 to reply from Heaven or from Hell.
Then to my human heart I turn at once.
Heart! Thou and I are here, sad and alone;
I say, why did I laugh? O mortal pain!
O Darkness! Darkness! ever must I moan,
To question Heaven and Hell and Heart in vain.
Why did I laugh? I know this Being's lease,
My fancy to its utmost blisses spreads;
Yet would I on this very midnight cease,
And the world's gaudy 3 ensigns see in shreds 4;
Verse, Fame, and Beauty are intense indeed,
But Death intenser -Death is Life's high meed.
n.魔鬼，恶魔
- The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
- He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
adj.华而不实的；俗丽的
- She was tricked out in gaudy dress.她穿得华丽而俗气。
- The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.浮华的蝴蝶却相信花是应该向它道谢的。