苏轼的“十年生死两茫茫,不思量,自难忘。千里孤坟,无处话凄凉。”除了古诗词,西方文学中也有跟死亡有关的英语诗句。
The good die first. —William Wordsworth
Die of a rose in aromatic pain. —Alexander Pope
The lot of man—to suffer and to die. —Alexander Pope
Who dies in youth and vigour, dies the best. —Alexander Pope
Nothing can happen more beautiful than death. —Walt Whitman
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death. —Walt Whitman
From a proud tower in the town, death looks gigantically down. —Edgar Allan Poe
He thought it happier to be dead. To die for Beauty, than live for bread. —Ralph Waldo Emerson