Desiderataby Max EhrmannGo placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearlyand listen to others,even the dull and the ignorantthey too have their story.Avoid lo

Fresh Cream and Cheese by Robert HerrickWould ye have fresh Cheese and Cream?Julia’s Breast can give you them:and if more: each Nipple cries to your cream,here’s Strawberries.NSDA“SDcamps”全国英语演讲/美式辩论赛 诚招省市合作伙伴 NSDA认证项目SDcamps全国英语演讲大赛（大学组）/SDcamps全国中小学生英语演讲大会（中小学及幼儿组）/美式辩论赛（以下简称大赛/大会）现诚招部分省市合作伙伴或城市合

Talking In Bed by Philip LarkinTalking in bed ought to be easiest,Lying together there goes back so far,An emblem of two people being honest.Yet more and more time passes silently.Outside, the wind&#39s incomplete unrestBuilds and disperses clouds about the sky,And dark towns heap up on the horizon.

La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats冷酷仙女 约翰·济慈Oh what can ail thee,knight-at-arms骑士啊您为何哀伤Alone and palely loitering?孤独彷徨 悲伤烦扰The sedge has withered from the lake湖中之草都已枯败And no birds sing鸟儿 也匿声了Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms so haggard and so woe-begone?骑士啊您为何哀伤，如此憔悴，如此懊恼The squirrel&#39s gra

May I Feel Said Heby E. E. Cummingsmay i feel said he (i&#39ll squeal said she just once said he)it&#39s fun said she (may i touch said he how much said she a lot said he)why not said she (let&#39s go said he not too far said she what&#39s too far said he where you are said she)may i stay said he (w

Down By the Salley Gardens by W.B Yeats《相遇在莎园》，作者：叶芝Down by the Salley Gardens, my love and I did meet.我曾和我的挚爱相遇在莎园中。She passed the Salley Gardens, with little snow-white feet.她踏著雪白的纤纤玉足，轻轻走过莎园。She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree.她要我简单的追求真爱，就像大树长出树叶一般自然。But I being young and fo

When You are Old by W.B YEATS当你年老时，叶芝When you are old and grey and full of sleep,当你年老，鬓斑，睡意昏沉，And nodding by the fire, take down this book,在炉旁打盹时，取下这本书，And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep慢慢诵读，梦忆从前你双眸，神色柔和，眼波中倒影深深；How many loved your moments of gl

Sigh No More (From &quotMuch Ado about Nothing&quot by William Shakespeare)《别再叹息了》（来自威廉·莎士比亚的《无事生非》）Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, men were deceivers ever别再叹息了，女子，别再叹息，男人永远都是骗子；One foot in sea, and one on shore, to one thing constant never.一脚在海里，一脚在岸边，从来不曾一心一意。Then sigh not so, but let them go,

The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe牧羊恋歌 克里斯托夫·马洛Come live with me and be my love,来与我同住吧，做我的爱人，And we will all the pleasures prove,我们将共享一切欢乐；That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,来自河谷、树丛、山岳、田野，Woods, or steepy mountain yields.来自森林或陡峭的峻岭。And we will sit upon the Rocks,我们将坐在岩石上

Leda And The Swan by W.B.Yeats丽达与天鹅叶芝A sudden blow: the great wings beating still above the staggering girl,劲风掠过：巨大翅膀在挣扎的女孩身体上her thighs caressed by the dark webs，无声翕张，黑色翼爪摸她的双腿，her nape caught in his bill,巨喙叼她的颈项，He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.他箍紧她无助的胸脯，贴上了自己的胸膛。How can those terrifie

The Flea by John Donne跳蚤 约翰·邓恩Mark but this flea, and mark in this,看呀，这只跳蚤，叮在这里，How little that which thou deniest me is你对我的拒绝多么微不足道；Me it sucked first, and now sucks thee,它先叮我，现在又叮你，And in this flea our two bloods mingled be我们的血液在它体内溶和；Thou know’st that this cannot be said你知道这是不能言说的A sin, nor shame

To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell致羞怯的情人作者：安德鲁?马维尔Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, Lady, were no crime.如果我们的世界够大，时间够多，小姐，这样的羞怯就算不上罪过。We would sit down and think which way to walk and pass our long love&#39s day.我们会坐下来，想想该上哪边去散步，度过我们漫漫的爱情天。Thou by the Indian Ganges&#39 side shoulds

He Wishes For The Colths Of Heaven by W.B.Yeats《他祈求天神的袍服》作者：叶芝Had I the heavens&#39 embroidered cloths, inwrought with golden and silver light.假若我有天神的绣袍，镶嵌着金光和银光。The blue and the dim and the dark cloths of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet:那些湛蓝、浅灰和深黑色的绣袍，闪

Go To The Limits of Your Longingby Rainer Maria RilkeGod speaks to each of us as he makes us,then walks with us silently out of the night.These are the words we dimly hear:You, sent out beyond your recall,go to the limits of your longing.Embody me.Flare up like flameand make big shadows I can move i

As I walked out one evening by W.H. Auden《当我在某个夜晚漫步》，作者：奥登As I walked out one evening.当我在某个夜晚漫步。Walking down Bristol Street, the crowds upon the pavement were fields of harvest wheat.行走在布里斯托尔大街上，道路上满是人群，就像小麦正待收割的田野。And down by the brimming river I heard a lover sing under an arch of the railway:紧挨着那

Bright Star by John Keats《明亮的星》，作者：约翰·济慈Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art-- not in lone splendour hung aloft the night and watching, with eternal lids apart. Like nature&#39s patient, sleepless Eremite.明亮的星星，但愿我能如你坚定--但并非孤独地在夜空闪烁高悬，睁着一双永不合拢的眼睛。犹如苦修的隐士彻夜无眠。The moving waters at their pri

Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold《多佛海滩》 马修·阿诺德The sea is calm tonight.今晚，海上风平浪静。The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits潮水正满，皎洁的月光洒在海峡上；On the French coast the light gleams and is gone法兰西海岸，灯火闪烁；The cliffs of England stand Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.英格兰崖壁陡峭，高高耸立静谧的海湾， 一望无际

She Walks in Beautyby Lord Byron《她在美中徜徉》，拜伦She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies她在美中徜徉，仿佛夜晚皎洁无云，繁星漫天；And all that&#39s best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes, thus mellowed to that tender light which heaven to gaudy day denies.正如绝佳的暗与亮融汇于外貌与眼眸；醇化为如

Elegy 5by Ovid,translated by Christopher MarloweIn summer&#39s heat, and mid-time of the day,To rest my limbs, upon a bed I lay,One window shut, the other open stood,Which gave such light, as twinkles in a wood,Like twilight glimpse at setting of the sun,Or night being past, and yet not day begun.Su

I Love Thee by Thomas HoodI love thee—I love thee!’Tis all that I can sayIt is my vision in the night,My dreaming in the dayThe very echo of my heart,The blessing when I pray:I love thee—I love thee!Is all that I can say.I love thee—I love thee!Is ever on my tongueIn all my proudest poesyThat chorus

Elegy 9 by Ovid, translated by Christopher MarloweYet should I curse a god, if he but said,Live without love, so sweet ill is a maid.For when my loathing it of heat deprives me,I know not whether my mind&#39s whirlwind drives me.Even as a headstrong courser bears away,His rider vainly striving him t

To the ancient Egyptians death marked the end of one journey and the beginning of another.在古埃及人的眼里，死亡标志着一段旅程的结束，另一段旅程的开始。After death all ancient Egyptians believed that they must leave behind the green fertile farmlands of Egypt and the waters of the river Nile to travel to the afterlife.死后，古埃及人认为自己

Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden葬礼蓝调 奥登Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,停止所有的时钟，切断电话Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,给狗一块浓汁的骨头，让他别叫Silence the pianos and with muffled drum黯哑了钢琴，随着低沉的鼓Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.抬出灵怄，让哀悼者前来。Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead让直升

Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare第十四行诗130 威廉·莎士比亚My mistress&#39 eyes are nothing like the sun Coral is far more red than her lips&#39 red我情妇的眼睛一点不像太阳；珊瑚比她的嘴唇还要红得多：If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.雪若算白，她的胸就暗褐无光，发若是铁丝，她头上铁丝婆娑。I have seen r

If Music Be The Food Of Love from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare《假如音乐是爱情的粮食》，节选自《第十二夜》，莎士比亚If music be the food of love, play on假如音乐是爱情的食粮，那么奏下去吧；Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting the appetite may sicken, and so die.尽量地奏下去，好让爱情因过饱噎塞而死。That strain again! it had a dying fall.又奏起这个调子来了！它有一种渐

From The Princess by Lord Alfred Tennyson《公主》节选，作者：丁尼生Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white深红的花瓣睡着了，然后是白色的；Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk桕树也不在舞摆于宫苑小径；Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:金鱼也不再炎眼于斑岩圣钵：The firefly wakens: waken thou with me.萤火虫醒来：唤醒了你和我。Now droops the milkwhite

Love and Friendship by Emily Bronte《爱情和友谊》 作者：艾米莉·勃朗特Love is like the wild rose-briar. Friendship like the holly-tree.爱情就像野玫瑰，友情却如冬青树。The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms. But which will bloom most constantly?玫瑰开花时冬青黯无光，但究竟谁能坚持更久长？The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring. Its summer blosso

One Cigarette by Edwin MorganNo smoke without you, my fire.After you left,your cigarette glowed on in my ashtrayand sent up a long thread of such quiet greyI smiled to wonder who would believe its signal of so much love.One cigarette in the non-smoker&#39s tray.As the last spire trembles up,a sudden

Life Story by Tennessee Williams生活的故事 田纳西·威廉斯After you&#39ve been to bed together for the first time,这是你们第一次一床同眠，共剪西窗烛without the advantage or disadvantage of any prior acquaintance,而事先没有相互之间带有偏爱或偏见的相知相识the other party very often says to you,你们一中的一个伙伴总是会和你说Tell me about yourself, I want to know all

Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll贾巴沃克 - Lewis CarrollTwas brillig, and the slithy toves是滑菱鲆在缓慢滑动Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:时而翻转时而平衡；All mimsy were the borogoves,所有的扭捏作态展示了And the mome raths outgrabe.蠢人的早熟、懒人的平庸。&quotBeware the Jabberwock, my son!提防贾巴沃克，我的孩子！The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!舌能