PART THREE THE BOOK OF CAST ACCOUNTS

 

 

TO

H.L. MENCKEN

 

 

Consider, faire Miserie, (quoth Manuel) that it lyes not in mans power to place his loue where he list, being the worke of an high Deity¹. A Birde was neuer seen in Pontus, nor true loue in a fleeting² mynde: neuer shall remoue the affection of my Hearte, which in nature resembleth the stone Abiston.

 

1 deity   

n.神，神性；被奉若神明的人(或物)

参考例句：

• Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity.许多动物被看作神的化身。
• The deity was hidden in the deepest recesses of the temple.神藏在庙宇壁龛的最深处。

2 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。