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Poetry Sonnet 18 　 Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst; 　　Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade, 　　When in eternal lines to time thou growst. 　　So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this , and this gives life to thee. 选自（Sonnet 18）作者William Shakespeare威廉·莎士比亚 eternal lines：the eternal beauty brought forth by poetry to the one he loves 这首诗表达了：1.praise the power of artistic creation 2a profound.meditation on destructive power of time and the eternal beauty of poem. From Paradise Lost All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? …….. To wage by force or guile eternal war Irreconcilable, to our grand foe 选自（Paradise Lost《失乐园》1667）作者John Milton约翰·弥尔顿 代表作还有（Paradise Regained《复乐园》1671和Samson Agonistes《力士参孙》1671） 失乐园取材于《旧约·圣经》(the old testament) All is not lost: unconquerable will, revenge, immortal hate, courage never to submit or yield. eternal war: pull down the god from his throne grand foe: god I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 　--------William Wordsworth(威廉·华兹华斯)　　I wandered lonely as a cloud　　That floats on high oer vales and hills,　　When all at once I saw a crowd,　　A host, of golden daffodils;　　Beside the lake, beneath the trees,　　Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.　　continuous as the stars that shine　　and twinkle on the milky way,　　they stretched in never-ending line　　along the margin of a bay.　　Ten thousand saw I at a glance,　　tossing their heads in springhtly dance.　　The waves beside them danced; but they　　out-did the sparkling waves in glee:　　a poet could not but be gay,　　in such a jocund company:　　I gazed---and gazed---but little thought　　what wealth the show to me had brought:　　For oft, when on my couch I lie　　in vacant or in pensive mood,　　they flash upon that inward eye　　which is the bliss of solitude;　　and then my heart with pleasure fills,　　and dances with the daffod