The Leader of the Crowd群众领袖


They must to keep their certainty accuse
All that are different of a base intent;
Pull down established honour;hawk for news
Whatever their loose phantasy invent
And murmur it with bated breath, as though
The abounding gutter had been Helicon
Or calumny a song.How can they know
Truth flourishes where the student's lamp has shone,
And there alone,that have no solitude?
So the crowd come they care not what may come.
They have loud music,hope every day renewed
And heartier loves;that lamp is from the tomb.


为了保持自己的确定性
他们卑鄙的指控一切歧异;
摧毁原有的荣耀;猎取那些
源自他们散漫幻想的新闻
然后屏住呼吸低声细语,仿佛
拥挤的贫民窟曾经是缪斯的宫殿
仿佛诽谤是歌谣。他们岂知
真理在学者的灯光照耀之下昌明,
似乎只有这样,他们才不会孤单?
于是他们召集群众全然不在乎来的是谁。
他们有嘈杂的音乐,希望日新月异
更狂热的爱戴;那灯光来自坟墓。



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