从一颗沙子看世界.doc

威廉·布莱克（William Blake）的从一颗沙子看世界》（To see a world in a grain of sand To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. ——《世界上最美丽的英文——人生短篇》 A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage. A dove-house filld with doves and pigeons Shudders hell thro all its regions. A dog starvd at his masters gate Predicts the ruin of the state. A horse misused upon the road Calls to heaven for human blood. Each outcry of the hunted hare A fibre from the brain does tear. A skylark wounded in the wing, A cherubim does cease to sing. The game-cock clipt and armd for fight Does the rising sun affright. Every wolfs and lions howl Raises from hell a human soul. The wild deer, wandring here and there, Keeps the human soul from care. The lamb misusd breeds public strife, And yet forgives the butchers knife. The bat that flits at close of eve Has left the brain that wont believe. The owl that calls upon the night Speaks the unbelievers fright. He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be belovd by men. He who the ox to wrath has movd Shall never be by woman lovd. The wanton boy that kills the fly Shall feel the spiders enmity. He who torments the chafers sprite Weaves a bower in endless night. The caterpillar on the leaf Repeats to thee thy mothers grief. Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the last judgement draweth nigh. He who shall train the horse to war Shall never pass the polar bar. The beggars dog and widows cat, Feed them and thou wilt grow fat. The gnat that sings his summers song Poison gets from slanders tongue. The poison of the snake and newt Is the sweat of envys foot. The poison of the honey bee Is the artists jealousy. The princes robes and beggars rags Are toadstools on the misers bags. A truth thats told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. It is right it should be so; Man was made for joy and woe; And when this we rightly know, Thro the