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ames declared that the only way Donne would advance professionally was through the church. Donne became one of the greatest preachers the world has ever known, and eventually became Dean of St. Paul?s Cathedral, London. He died in this post in religious poetry and his sermons(布道 ) reflect a pletely different side of Donne?s personality. Some scholars divide him into two separate entities: Jack Donne the witty and risqu233。(有傷風化的 ) lover, writer of the love poems, and Dr. John Donne, the austere(陰郁可怕的;嚴厲的 ) and almost prudish(古板的 ) minister. Whatever the interpretations, John Donne?s religious poems, sermons, and devotions( 虔誠 ) are beautiful expressions of a man ing to terms with his own past, and trying desperately to seek God39。s grace in this world, while always looking forward to the hope of heaven. ? Holy Son 10 ? 死神,你莫驕傲,盡管有人說你 ? 如何強大,如何可怕,你并不是這樣; ? 你以為你把誰誰誰打到了,其實, ? 可憐的死神,他們沒死;你現(xiàn)在也還殺不死我。 ? 休息、睡眠,這些不過是你的寫照, ? 既能給人享受,那你本人提供的一定更多; ? 我們最美好的人隨你去得越早, ? 越能早日獲得身體的休息,靈魂的解脫。 ? 你是命運、機君主、亡命徒的奴隸, ? 你和毒藥、戰(zhàn)爭、疾病同住在一起, ? 罌粟與符咒和你的打擊相比,同樣, ? 甚至更能催我入睡;那你何必趾高氣揚呢 ? ? 睡了一小覺之后,我們便永遠覺醒了, ? 再也不會有死亡,你死神也將死去。 (楊周翰 譯 ) ? John Milton was born in London in December 1608. He was tutored privately and then educated at St. Paul?s School and Christ?s College, Cambridge University. He was said to be the best in the university y. He won his . in1629 and . with distinction( 光榮地 ) in 1632. After leaving Cambridge, he couldn?t make up his mind as to what to do and thus took up no profession. He lived with his father and read the classics which prepar