莎翁在《維納斯和阿多尼斯》(Venus and Adonis)詩作中一段傳誦佳篇,寫女人身段的曲線起伏與女性性愛自主的神作。 ' H3 ^7 |; T. e- d7 I. o最後一句太妙了:走進溫柔鄉之後,千隻狗在外面狂吠,也打擾不到! ^ ^- a4 r+ Z% W5 {6 V6 L
7 m& @( E4 z" X0 T* a, s. o- E& v 'Fondling,' she saith, 'since I have hemm'd thee here8 ]) c, P( x9 z) M
Within the circuit of this ivory pale, 6 w z% E/ |- s) l5 j& z+ m I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer;$ {4 [7 ?5 Q2 @0 Q, j3 ?
Feed where thou wilt, on mountain or in dale:1 v3 }" T7 k4 J" r6 @
Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry,$ ?) C5 w3 v8 o% w
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie. , U' Q$ j( c& t; s Z, |$ K) a 2 H+ W2 `- ^$ [. y( T5 m3 u; [ Within this limit is relief enough,3 G6 ~/ o+ y6 p4 \3 i, m
Sweet bottom-grass and high delightful plain, 9 l5 X0 a6 H) X' Q Round rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, : M5 H0 o5 a, r8 i: P To shelter thee from tempest and from rain 1 G+ h4 I3 t9 x7 Y) R Then be my deer, since I am such a park; 0 C' @+ d/ l2 f8 t) [ No dog shall rouse thee, though a thousand bark.'/ r8 R6 D$ i3 b9 k3 Z
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(十六世紀作品,於世界任何地方已進入公領域,所以引用沒關係吧?)