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When I have fears
每當我害怕
When I have fears that I may cease to be
每當我害怕，生命也許等不及
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
我的筆搜集完我蓬勃的思潮，
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
等不及高高一堆書，在文字里，
Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;
象豐富的谷倉，把熟谷子收好；
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
每當我在繁星的夜幕上看見
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
傳奇故事的巨大的云霧征象，
And think that I may never live to trace
而且想，我或許活不到那一天，
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
以偶然的神筆描出它的幻相；
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
每當我感覺，呵，瞬息的美人！
That I shall never look upon thee more,
我也許永遠都不會再看到你，
Never have relish in the faery power
不會再陶醉于無憂的愛情
Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore
和它的魅力！——于是，在這廣大的
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
世界的岸沿，我獨自站定、沉思，
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.
直到愛情、聲名，都沒入虛無里。
