A Woman Homer Sung荷马歌唱过的女人If any man drew near在我年轻的时候When I was young,如果哪个男人走近她，I thought,‘He holds her dear,'我会想：他喜欢她，”And shook with hate and fear.

便陷于恼火、恐惧。

But O!

'twas bitter wrong可是啊，若他无动于衷地If he could pass her by走过她的身边，With an indifferent eye.

却是件更糟的事呢。

Whereon I wrote and wrought,于是我开始写作，And now, being grey,从青春写到老去，I dream that I have brought我梦到我的诗笔To such a pitch my thought达到了那样的高度，That coming time can say,足以让后来人说出：‘He shadowed in a glass他像一面镜子What thing her body was.

'记下了她的美。

”For she had fiery blood因为，在我年轻的时候，When I was young,她美得火焰般热烈，And trod so sweetly proud翩然而高贵的脚步As'twere upon a cloud,在一朵云彩上行走。

A woman Homer sung,那个荷马歌唱过的女人That life and letters seem生活中，或是文字里，But an heroic dream.

都是一场英雄的梦。

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