多萝西·罗斯希尔德·帕克Dorothy Parker（1893-1967年）。

多萝西·罗特希尔德出生于新泽西州的西区，在一所女子学校和女修道院受教育。1916-17年她受聘于《时尚》，1917-20年任职于《名利场》。1917年她与埃德温·庞德·帕克二世结婚，1928年离婚。1933年她与艾伦·坎贝尔结婚。她曾在好莱坞做了几年编剧，后来从事戏剧创作。

她的著作有：诗歌——《足够长的绳索》（Enough Rope）（1926年）；《日落枪》（Sunset Gun）（1939年）。短篇小说——1929年出版的《高个金发女郎》获当年的欧·亨利最佳短篇小说奖[1]。《致生者的挽歌）（Laments for the Living》和《在如此欢乐之后》(1933)均为短篇小说集；《长眠于此》（Here Lies）（1939年）。《密集和声》（Close Harmony）（与埃尔默·赖斯合著，1924年）和《走廊上的淑女》（Ladies of the Corridor）（与阿诺德·丢骚合著，1953年）是戏剧作品。《维京便携本多萝西 帕克作品集》（The Viking Portable Dorothy Parker）（1944年）包括她的大部分优秀作品。

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A Certain Lady

Oh, I can smile for you, and tilt my head,
And drink your rushing words with eager lips,
And paint my mouth for you a fragrant red,
And trace your brows with tutored finger-tips.
When you rehearse your list of loves to me,
Oh, I can laugh and marvel, rapturous-eyed.
And you laugh back, nor can you ever see
The thousand little deaths my heart has died.
And you believe, so well I know my part,
That I am gay as morning, light as snow,
And all the straining things within my heart

You'll never know.

Oh, I can laugh and listen, when we meet,
And you bring tales of fresh adventurings, --
Of ladies delicately indiscreet,
Of lingering hands, and gently whispered things.
And you are pleased with me, and strive anew
To sing me sagas of your late delights.
Thus do you want me -- marveling, gay, and true,
Nor do you see my staring eyes of nights.
And when, in search of novelty, you stray,
Oh, I can kiss you blithely as you go ....
And what goes on, my love, while you're away,
You'll never know.

——Dorothy Parker

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Dorothy Parker《挽歌(Threnody)》中的诗句——

Lilacs blossom just as sweet

Now my heart is shattered.

If I bowled it down the street,

Who's to say it mattered?

If there's one that rode away

What would I be missing?

Lips that taste of tears, they say,

Are the best for kissing.