To MiltonMilton!

I think thy spirit hath passed awayFrom these white cliffs, and high-embattled towers;This gorgeous fiery-coloured world of oursSeems fallen into ashes dull and grey,And the age changed unto a mimic playWherein we waste our else too-crowded hours:For all our pomp and pageantry and powersWe are but fit to delve the common clay,Seeing this little isle on which we stand,This England, this sea-lion of the sea,By ignorant demagogues is held in fee,Who love her not: Dear God!

is this the landWhich bare a triple empire in her handWhen Cromwell spake the word Democracy!

致弥尔顿弥尔顿！

我想你的精神已经不在，离开了白色悬崖和森严的高塔；我们火红的华丽世界看来已经沦落成尸灰，苍白而沉闷，时代也演变成了模仿的闹剧，其中耗费了我们过多的光阴：为了所有的盛典、壮观和强力，我们只配去钻研普通的黏土，看到我们站立的这个小岛，英格兰，这头海洋的雄狮，被愚昧的蛊惑家所占据，他们并不爱她：亲爱的上帝！

当克伦威尔说出民主”一词，这片土地曾是三岛联盟的帝国！

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