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Hard by, a Cottage chimney smokes,
From betwixt two aged Okes,
Where Corydon and Thyrsis met,
Are at their savory dinner set
Of Hearbs, and other Country Messes,
Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses;
And then in haste her Bowre she leaves,
With Thestylis to bind the Sheaves;
Or if the earlier season lead
To the tann'd Haycock in the Mead

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   ---Milton, L'allegro （http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/contents/index.shtml）

  从弥尔顿的诗里挑了一个英文名字，Phillis，从希腊语来，本意是树叶，他在诗里引用维吉尔笔下的人物，是一个女牧羊人，可以做一手好菜。上大学的时候在图书馆里看到一本很精致的红皮精装中英对照的诗集，是弥尔顿的《欢乐的人》和《沉思的人》，语言很美，他笔下英国的乡村生活丰富快乐、充满智慧，任何时候翻开重读，都给我很大的鼓舞。