The Rose of the World Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?For these red lips,with all their mournful pride,Mournful that no new wonder may betide,Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam,And Usna's children died。We and the labouring world are passing by:Amid men's souls,that waver and give place Like the pale waters in their wintry race,Under the passing stars,foam of the sky,Lives on this lonely face。Bow down,archangels,in your dim abode:Before you were,or any hearts to beat,Weary and kind one lingered by His seat;He made the world to be a grassy road Before her wandering feet。尘世玫瑰 谁梦见美如梦而逝?这些红艳的唇,满含哀叹的骄傲,哀叹再无可期待的奇迹——特洛伊在冲天葬火中焚毁,尤斯纳之子尽数死去。我们与这辛劳的世界一起在人类的灵魂间掠过,那些灵魂如冬日里苍冷的河川奔腾,在泡沫般流逝的星空底下这孤独的面容永生。鞠躬吧,众天使,从你们晦暗的住所:在你们受造之前,或任何心脏跳动之前,那疲倦而善良的人徘徊在神座下;神造这世界成一条青草大道,在她浪游的双脚前边。湖心岛茵尼斯弗利。 这首诗是叶芝最著名的诗篇之一,有桃源色彩,据说诗人是在看着商店橱窗的时候产生的灵感。