如果说，悲剧就是把美好的事物粉碎给人看，那么，Othello剧中，以美丽、纯洁的德斯德梦娜（Desdemona）为代表，包括了聪明、正直的艾米利亚（Emilia），以及在战场上叱咤风云、但在情场上

最近读莎士比亚的Antony and Cleopatra（《安东尼与克里奥佩特拉》）。读着读着，联想起《三国演义》里的吕布和貂蝉来。

相同点：都是武夫/将军与美女的故事。

Mark Antony （马克·安东尼）是罗马

全文如下：

SONNET 11

As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou growest
In one of thine, from that which thou departest;
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st
Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest.
Herein lives wisdom, beauty

全诗如下：

SONNET 10

For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any,
Who for thyself art so unprovident.
Grant, if thou wilt, thou art beloved of many,
But that thou none lovest is most evident;
For thou art so possess'd with murderous hate
That 'gainst t

读余嘉锡笺疏的《世说新语》，读到这一条：

谢公因子弟集聚，问毛诗何句最佳？遏称曰：「昔我往矣，杨柳依依；今我来思，雨雪霏霏。」公曰：「吁谟定命，远猷辰告。」谓此句偏有雅人

诗歌原文如下：

SONNET 9

Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye
That thou consumest thyself in single life?
Ah! if thou issueless shalt hap to die,
The world will wail thee, like a makeless wife;
The world will be thy widow and still weep
That thou no for

全文如下：

SONNET 8

Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.
Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,
Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?
If the true concord of well-tuned sound

全文如下：

SONNET 7

Lo, in the orient when the gracious light
Lifts up his burning head, each under eye
Doth homage to his new-appearing sight,
Serving with looks his sacred majesty;
And having climb'd the steep-up heavenly hill,
Resembling strong youth

圣诞节前买了一本Songs of Innocence and of Experience（《天真与经验之歌》，首版于1794年），其作者是William Blake （1757-1827），英国诗人、画家。

这不是我的第一本William Blake诗集。

多年前我买的The Selec