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Her cheeks were red; her eyes sparkled; she spoke warm; persuasive words。 “O noble youth;” she said; “be no longer bowed down with labor and sore trials; but e and follow me。 I will lead you into pleasant paths; where there are no storms to disturb and no troubles to annoy。 You shall live in ease; with one unending round of music and mirth; and you shall not want for anything that makes life joyous—sparkling wine; or soft couches; or rich robes; or the loving eyes of beautiful maidens。 e with me; and life shall be to you a daydream of gladness。”
By this time the other fair woman had drawn near; and she now spoke to the lad。 “I have nothing to promise you;” said she; “save that which you shall win with your own strength。 The road upon which I would lead you is uneven and hard; and climbs many a hill; and descends into many a valley and quagmire。 The views which you will sometimes get from the hilltops are grand and glorious; but the deep valleys are dark; and the ascent from them is toilsome。
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Nevertheless; the road leads to the blue mountains of endless fame; which you see far away on the horizon。 They cannot be reached without labor; in fact; there is nothing worth having that must not be won by toil。 If you would have fruits and flowers; you must plant them and care for them; if you would gain the love of your fellow men; you must love them and suffer for them; if you would enjoy the favor of heaven; you must make yourself worthy of that favor; if you would have eternal fame; you must not scorn the hard road that leads to it。”
Then Hercules saw that this lady; although she was as beautiful as the other; had a countenance pure and gentle; like the sky on a balmy morning in May。
“What is your name?” he asked。
“Some call me Labor;” she answered; “but others know me as Virtue。”
Then he turned to the first lady。 “And what is your name?” he asked。
“Some call me Pleasure;” she said; with bewitching smile; “but I choose to be known as the Joyous and Happy One。”
“Virtue;” said Hercules; “I will take thee as my guide! The road of labor and honest effort shall be mine; and my heart shall no longer cherish bitterness or discontent。”
And he put his hand into that of Virtue; and entered with her upon the straight and forbidding road which leads to the fair blue mountains on the pale and distant horizon。
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'英国'乔纳森·斯威夫特
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乔纳森·斯威夫特(1667—1745);英国政论家、散文家和小说家,被认为是英语世界最杰出的讽刺作家之一。斯威夫特生于爱尔兰都柏林,父母均是定居爱尔兰的英格兰人。他一生积极参与政治活动,写下一系列笔锋辛辣、脍炙人口的政论文章,代表作有政论文《一个温和的建议》和讽刺语言小说《格列佛游记》。后者在全世界广为传诵,并被搬上银幕。
这把孤零零的扫帚柄,你别看它现在无精打采地躲在阴暗的角落里,以前我在树林里见过风华正茂的它,那会儿它还是活力充沛,苍翠欲滴,树枝繁密。而如今,有些故意找事的人,他们在它没有汁液的树干上缚上了一把枯枝,企图凭借自己的一技之长来胜过大自然,这也不过是徒劳。它现在最多不过是颠倒乾坤的一棵树,树枝在地,树根朝天,完全改变了先前的上下位置。每一个干苦活粗活的低微女佣都可以使用扫帚柄。扫帚柄拥有反复无常的命运,它不得不去扮演一个角色:把别的东西打扫得一尘不染,结果把自己搞得污秽不堪。最终,在为女佣们多次服务之后,自己破损得只剩下一根残干。它们的结局,要么是被扫地出门,要么是成为引火柴。我看到这一过程,禁不住一声长叹,自言自语道:“毫无疑问,人生也就是这么一根扫帚柄!”大自然让他精力充沛、朝气蓬勃地来到人世间,一出生就长着一头秀发,如同富有理性、枝叶茂盛的一株植物,可是没过多久,他那密密麻麻的树枝便被贪杯酗酒这柄利斧砍掉,唯一剩下的就是一根枯萎的树干。他赶紧去借助人的智慧,用假发代替,并且还为戴了一头扑满香粉的假发颇为得意,而不在乎是不是生来俱有。可是,假如现在我们这把扫帚柄也打扮成这样:满身灰尘,还为身上捆绑了别人的枝条得意扬扬。这样,即便那灰尘来自于最尊贵的妇人的闺房,我们也会嘲笑、鄙视它的空虚。对于我们自己的优点和别人的缺点,我们就是有失偏颇的法官。
你或许会说,一把扫帚柄不过只是一棵颠倒的树而已。那么,恳切地问一句,人是什么?人不同样是首足倒置的一个生灵吗?他的兽性一直胜过理性,头跑到了原本属于脚后跟的地方,匍匐于地!更重要的是,虽然毛病多多,他却依然认为自己是普天之下的改革者、兴利除弊者、为民伸冤者。在世界的角落里搜寻人间污垢,让大家知道一大堆不为人知的腐败,原本一尘不染的地方让他们变得乌烟瘴气。他装着要把“垃圾”清除干净,自己却同流合污。在自己生命的最后时光里,他最终成了女人的奴隶,而且通常是最不值得的女人。结果同他的扫帚兄弟一样,耗费得只剩下一根残干,不是被扫地出门,就是引火烧身,让别人取暖。
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一把扫帚柄的命运是如此的无奈,不管它曾经是多么的辉煌,最终都会作为引火的柴,这又是何等的悲凉呢?其实人生也就是这么一把扫帚柄!
A Meditation upon a Broomstick
Jonathan Swift
This single stick; which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner; I once knew in a flourishing1 state in a forest; it was full of sap; full of leaves; and full of boughs; but now; in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie2 with nature; by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk; ‘tis now; at best; but the reverse of what it was; a tree turned upside down; the branches on the earth; and the root in the air; ‘tis now handled by every dirty wenchs; condemned to do her drudgery; and; by a capricious kind of fate; destined to make other things clean; and be nasty itself: at length; worn to the stumps in the service of the maids; it is either thrown out of door; or condemned to the last use of kindling a fire。 When I beheld this I sighed; and said within myself; surely man is a Broomstick!Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty; in a thriving condition; wearing his own hair on his head; the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable; until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs; and left him a withered trunk; he then flies to art; and puts on a periwig ; valuing himself upon an unnatural bundle of hairs (all covered with powder) that never grew on his head; but now; should this our broomstick pretend to enter the scene; proud of those birchen spoils it never bore; and all covered with dust; though the sweepings of the finest lady’s chamber3; we should be apt to ridicule and despise its vanity。 Partial judges that we are of our own excellencies4; and other men’s defaults!
But a broomstick; perhaps; you will say; is an emblem5 of a tree standing on its head; and pray what is man; but a topsy…turvy creature; his animal faculties perpetually mounted on his rational; his head where his heels should be; groveling on the earth! and yet; with all his faults; he sets up to be a universal reformer and corrector of abuses; a remover of grievances6; rakes into every slut’s corner of Nature; bringing hidden corruption to the light; and raises a mighty dust where there was none before; sharing deeply all the while in the very same pollutions he pretends to sweep away: his last days are spent in slavery to women; and generally the least deserving; till; worn out to the stumps; like his brother besom; he is either
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