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They that have power to hurt and will do none,
他們本有能耐害人卻沒有害人的心，
That do not do the thing they most do show,
他們有很想做的事卻沒有做的閑情。
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
他們讓它者動(dòng)心，自己卻磐石般安靜，
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow,
冷漠不動(dòng)，視誘惑如怕火燒身。
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
惟他們能繼承上天的美質(zhì)，
And husband nature's riches from expense;
使造化的財(cái)產(chǎn)免消耗而長存；
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
他們是他們自己美貌的主宰，
Others but stewards of their excellence.
別的人只是看護(hù)其美色的園丁。
The summer's flower is to the summer sweet,
夏日的花朵總把芬芳獻(xiàn)給夏日，
Though to itself it only live and die,
它們自己卻是吐盡香艷便凋零。
But if that flower with base infection meet,
但是若花兒不幸染上了病毒，
The basest weed outbraves his dignity:
那么最卑賤的野草也比它高貴十分。
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
再香的東西一旦變質(zhì)就臭不可聞，
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
百合花一旦腐朽就比野草還可恨。
