Life and Death
——Walter Savage Landor
I strove with none;
for none was worth my strife;
Nature I loved,
and next to Nature,Art;
I warmed both hands before the fire of life;
It sinks,
and I am ready to depart.
生与死
——瓦特·萨维奇·兰德
我和谁都不争,
和谁争我都不屑;
我爱大自然,
其次就是艺术;
我双手烤着,
生命之火取暖;
火萎了,
我也准备走了。
(杨绛 译)