Sonnet.

By ev’ry sweet tradition of true hearts,

Graven by Time, in love with his own lore¹;

By all old martyrdoms and antique smarts,

Wherein Love died to be alive the more;

Yea, by the sad impression on the shore,

Left by the drown’d Leander, to endear

That coast for ever, where the billow’s roar

Moaneth for pity in the Poet’s ear;

By Hero’s faith, and the foreboding tear

That quench’d her brand’s last twinkle in its fall;

By Sappho’s leap, and the low rustling² fear

That sigh’d around her flight; I swear by all,

The world shall find such pattern in my act,

As if Love’s great examples still were lack’d.

1 lore   

n.传说；学问，经验，知识

参考例句：

• I will seek and question him of his lore.我倒要找上他，向他讨教他的渊博的学问。
• Early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend.早期人类通过传说传递有关植物和动物的知识。

2 rustling   

n. 瑟瑟声，沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的

参考例句：

• the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
• the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声