【20180525】Ode on Indolence (I) John Keats

One morn before me were three figures seen,

With bowed necks, and joined hands, side-faced;

And one behind the other stepped serene,

In placid sandals, and in white robes graced;

They passed, like figures on a marble urn,

When shifted round to see the other side;

They came again; as when the urn once more

Is shifted round, the first seen shades return;

And they were strange to me, as may betide

With vases, to one deep in Phidian lore.

【词汇】

1. betide: to happen especially as if by fate

2. Phidian: 菲迪亚斯（Phidias）：希腊雅典雕刻家，主要活动时期为公元前490至公元前430年。

【其他】

这一节诗歌讲述诗人在一个怠惰的早晨看到了三个影子。三个影子非常漂亮，穿着凉鞋和白色的衣服。她们像石瓮上的雕刻，当石瓮转动她们的形象也跟着一个接一个的到来。

【复习】

From In Memoriam (Ⅸ) Alfred Tennyson https://www.douban.com/note/670080206/

On Death(II) John Keats https://www.douban.com/note/670472920/

To Autumn (II) John Keats https://www.douban.com/note/670753233/

To Autumn (III) John Keats https://www.douban.com/note/670885107/