简介

《悼玛格丽特表妹》为拜伦（1788—1824）所作的一首诗，是英国19世纪初期伟大的浪漫主义诗人。其代表作品有《恰尔德·哈罗德游记》、《唐璜》等。在他的诗歌里塑造了一批“拜伦式英雄”。拜伦不仅是一位伟大的诗人，还是一个为理想战斗一生的勇士；他积极而勇敢地投身革命，参加了希腊民族解放运动，并成为领导人之一。 拜伦一生为民主、自由、民族解放的理想而斗争，而且努力创作，他的作品具有重大的历史进步意义和艺术价值.

原文

On the Death of a Young Lady, Cousin to the Author, and very dear to Him

1.

Hush'd are the winds, and still the evening gloom,

Not e'en a zephyr wanders through the grove,

Whilst I return to view my Margaret's tomb,

And scatter flowers on the dust I love.

2.

Within this narrow cell reclines her clay,

That clay, where once such animation beam'd;

The King of Terrors seiz'd her as his prey;

Not worth, nor beauty, have her life redeem'd.

3.

Oh! could that King of Terrors pity feel,

Or Heaven reverse the dread decree of fate,

Not here the mourner would his grief reveal,

Not here the Muse her virtues would relate.