1716.Death is like the insect by Emily Dickinson

死就像虫
威胁着树，
有杀死他的能力，
但可能被诱。
以香草引诱它，
用锯寻找它，
如果它耗尽了你的一切
为难。
然而，如果潜伏了
技巧也不起作用--
绞死这棵树，然后弃之，
这就是害虫的意愿。
Death is like the insect
Menacing the tree,
Competent to kill it,
But decoyed may be.
Bait it with the balsam,
Seek it with the saw,
Baffle, if it cost you
Everything you are.
Then, if it have burrowed
Out of reach of skill —
Wring the tree and leave it,
'Tis the vermin's will.