一、叙事者
Our revels now are ended.
These our actors, as I foretold you were all spirits and are melted into air.....
...... into thin air. ......
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision ...... the cloud-capp’ d towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples,the great globe itself......
Ye all which it inherit...... shall dissolve......
And , like this insubstantial pageant ...faded......
leave not a wisp behind.
We are such stuff...... as dreams are made on......
And our little life ...... is rounded with a sleep.
(参考译文:我们的狂欢现在结束了,我们的演员,就像我先前跟你说的一样,他们都融入了那种气氛。就像我们看到这一幕的看似很乱的构造:高耸云端的塔、美丽的地方、庄严的寺庙、伟大的环球本身、所有继承的一切……都将被融化。待到这种无形的庆典过后,一切都灰飞烟灭。我们就像是梦中的人物,我们的生活就是一场睡眠。)
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