雪萊的Love's philosophy其實有兩段,而且第二段比第一段更重要,第一段是鋪墊,第二段是目的,目的在第二段的最後一句話裏。對你女朋友引用雪萊這首詩的時候,可別做傻大個,冒出個第一段就完了。
CLXXXIV. Love's Philosophy
THE fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single, 5
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle—
Why not I with thine?
See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another; 10
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdain'd its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea—
What are all these kissings worth, 15
If thou kiss not me?