John Webster《The White Devil》里很优美的一段诗
其实是一位母亲(Cornelia)在悼念儿子时说的一段话:
Corn. Call for the robin redbreast, and thewren,
[Cornelia doth this inseveral forms of distraction.
Since o'er shady groves they hover,
And with leaves and flowers do cover
The friendless bodies of unburied men.
Call unto his funeral dole
The ant, the fieldmouse, and the mole,
To rear him hillocks that shall keep himwarm,
And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain noharm;
But keep the wolf far thence, that 's foeto men,
For with his nails he 'll dig them upagain.
They would not bury him 'cause he died in aquarrel;
But I have an answer for them:
Let holy Church receive him duly,
Since he paid the church-tithes truly.
His wealth is summ'd, and this is all hisstore,
This poor men get, and great men get no more.
Now the wares are gone, we may shut upshop.
Bless you all, good people.
Corn. Call for the robin redbreast, and thewren,
[Cornelia doth this inseveral forms of distraction.
Since o'er shady groves they hover,
And with leaves and flowers do cover
The friendless bodies of unburied men.
Call unto his funeral dole
The ant, the fieldmouse, and the mole,
To rear him hillocks that shall keep himwarm,
And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain noharm;
But keep the wolf far thence, that 's foeto men,
For with his nails he 'll dig them upagain.
They would not bury him 'cause he died in aquarrel;
But I have an answer for them:
Let holy Church receive him duly,
Since he paid the church-tithes truly.
His wealth is summ'd, and this is all hisstore,
This poor men get, and great men get no more.
Now the wares are gone, we may shut upshop.
Bless you all, good people.