The little Love-god lying once asleepLaid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,Whilst many nymphs that vow'd chaste1 life to keepCame tripping by; but in her maiden2 handThe fairest votary3 took up that fireWhich many legions of true hearts had warm'd;And so the general of hot desireWas sleeping by a virgin4 hand disarm'd.This brand she quenched5 in a cool well by,Which from Love's fire took heat perpetual,Growing a bath and healthful remedyFor men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall, Came there for cure, and this by that I prove, Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.
小小愛神有一次呼呼地睡著，把點燃心焰的火炬放在一邊，一群蹁躚的貞潔的仙女恰巧走過；其中最美的一個天仙用她處女的手把那曾經(jīng)燒紅萬千顆赤心的火炬偷偷拿走，于是這玩火小法師在酣睡中便繳械給那貞女的纖纖素手。她把火炬往附近冷泉里一浸，泉水被愛神的烈火燒得沸騰，變成了溫泉，能消除人間百??；但我呵，被我情婦播弄得頭疼， 跑去溫泉就醫(yī)，才把這點弄清： 愛燒熱泉水，泉水冷不了愛情。
1 chaste
adj.貞潔的；有道德的；善良的；簡樸的
參考例句：
Comparatively speaking,I like chaste poetry better.相比較而言，我更喜歡樸實無華的詩。 Tess was a chaste young girl.苔絲是一個善良的少女。
2 maiden
n.少女，處女；adj.未婚的，純潔的，無經(jīng)驗的
參考例句：
The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子愛上了一位年輕美麗的少女。 The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.這架飛機明天首航。
3 votary
n.崇拜者；愛好者；adj.誓約的，立誓任圣職的
參考例句：
He was a votary of golf.他是高爾夫球忠實信徒。 Akshay Babu,who had made the passion in English literature living to us,was himself a votary of the emotional life.阿卡什先生，這位使我們逼真地感到英國文學(xué)強烈情感的人，他自己就是一個性情中人。
4 virgin
n.處女，未婚女子；adj.未經(jīng)使用的；未經(jīng)開發(fā)的
參考例句：
Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去過原始森林嗎？ There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在邊遠地區(qū)有大片大片未開墾的土地。
5 quenched
解（渴）( quench的過去式和過去分詞 )； 終止（某事物）； （用水）撲滅（火焰等）； 將（熱物體）放入水中急速冷卻
參考例句：
He quenched his thirst with a long drink of cold water. 他喝了好多冷水解渴。 I quenched my thirst with a glass of cold beer. 我喝了一杯冰啤酒解渴
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