I strove with none

     by  Walter Savage Landor，

I strove with none, 

 for none was worth my strife;

  Nature I loved,

  and next to Nature, Art;

  I warm'd both hands before the fire of Life;

  It sinks; 

  and I am ready to depart.

这是英国诗人、散文家兰德在他75岁生日的时候写的一首小诗，写得真好，杨绛翻译了，还把它作为《杨绛散文》一书的卷首题词。