威廉·赫兹里特/WilliamHazlitt
's, , —theotherhalfremainsinstoreforaswithallitscountlesstreasures; forthereisnolinedrawn, —
Thevast, theunboundedprospectliesbeforeus.
Death, oldage, arewordswithoutameaning, , ormaystillbeliabletothem—we “bearacharmedlife”, , westrainoureagergazeforward—
Biddingthelovelyscenesatdistancehail.
Andseenoendtothelandscape, newobjectspresentingthemselvesasweadvance; so, inthecommencementoflife, wesetnoboundstoourinclinations, , nodispositiontoflag; , fulloflife, andmotion, atceaselessprogress; andfeelinourselvesallthevigourandspirittokeeppacewithit, anddonotforeseefromanypresentsymptomshowweshallbeleftbehindinthenaturalcourseofthings, declineintooldage, , andasitwereabstractednessofourfeelingsinyouth, that (sotospeak) identifiesuswithnature, and (ourexperiencebeingslightandourpassionsstrong) -livedconnexionwithexistencewefondlyflatterourselves, isallindissolubleandlastingunion—ahoneymoonthatknowsneithercoldness, jar, , wearerockedinthecradleofoutwaywardfancies, andlulledintosecuritybytheroaroftheuniversearoundus—wequaffthecupoflifewitheagerhastewithoutdrainingit, insteadofwhichitonlyoverflowsthemore-objectspressaroundus, fillingthemindwiththeirmagnitudeandwiththethrongofdesiresthatwaituponthem, sothatwehavenoroomforthethoughtsofdeath……
没有一个年轻人相信自己会死。这句话是我哥哥说的，它真算得上一句妙语。年轻人有一种永生之感——它似乎能弥补一切。拥有青春的人就好像是一尊不朽的神灵。一半的生命已经流走，而蕴藏着无尽宝藏的另一半生命还没有明确的下限，因此我们对它也就抱着无穷的希望和幻想。我们把未来的时代完全据为己有——
无限辽阔的远景在我们面前展现着。
