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Sailing to Byzantium (航向拜占庭)
作者：Yeats 
翻譯：余光中
第二段

An aged man is but a paltry thing,
一個老人不過是一件廢物，
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
一件破衣掛在木杖上，除非
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
靈魂拍掌而歌，愈歌愈激楚，
For every tatter in its mortal dress,
為了塵衣的每一片破碎；
Nor is there singing school but studying
沒有人能教歌，除了去研讀
Monuments of its own magnificence;
為靈魂的宏偉而豎的石碑；
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
所以我一直在海上航行，
To the holy city of Byzantium.
來到這拜占庭的聖城。