William Blake - Auguries of Innocence

威廉·布萊克(WilliamBlake，1757~1827)是十九世紀(jì)詩(shī)人，英國(guó)第一位重要的浪漫主義詩(shī)人。主要詩(shī)作有詩(shī)集《天真之歌》《經(jīng)驗(yàn)之歌》等。早期作品簡(jiǎn)潔明快，中后期作品趨向玄妙晦澀，充滿神秘色彩。布萊克一生都保持著宗教、政治和藝術(shù)上的激進(jìn)傾向。他濃厚的宗教意識(shí)、藝術(shù)家的天分和豐富的人生閱歷，給他的詩(shī)歌提供了取之不盡的創(chuàng)作源泉，并使它的詩(shī)歌具有明顯的宗教性、預(yù)言性、哲理性和藝術(shù)性等幾大特點(diǎn)。他對(duì)英國(guó)詩(shī)歌，特別是浪漫主義詩(shī)歌所作出的貢獻(xiàn)是有目共睹的。其前期詩(shī)作主要包括《詩(shī)歌素描》、《天真之歌》及《經(jīng)驗(yàn)之歌》等。

To see a world in a grain of sand,

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour.

A robin redbreast in a cage

Puts all heaven in a rage.

A dove-house fill’d with doves and pigeons

Shudders hell thro’ all its regions.

A dog starv’d at his master’s gate

Predicts the ruin of the state.

A horse misused upon the road

Calls to heaven for human blood.

Each outcry of the hunted hare

A fibre from the brain does tear.

A skylark wounded in the wing,

A cherubim does cease to sing.

The game-cock clipt and arm’d for fight

Does the rising sun affright.

Every wolf’s and lion’s howl

Raises from hell a human soul.