"Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have witten, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine,yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched."
"What I sing of, he suffers:what is joy to me, to him iis pain. Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds,and the dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it,nor is it set forth in the market-place. It may not be purchased of the merchants,nor can it be wei"
""If you want a red rose,"said the Tree,"you must build it out of music by moonlight and stain it with your own heart's blood. You must sing to me with your breast against a thorn, All night long you must sing to me,and the thorn must pierce your heart,and your life-blood must flow into my veins,and "
"“Death is a great price to pay for a red rose,”cried the Nightingale,"and life is very dear to all. It is pleasant to sit in the green wood,and to watch the sun in hiis chariot of gold, and the moon in her chariot of pearl. Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in"
"She has form that cannot be denied to her; but has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact , she is like most artists;she is all style,without any sincerity.She would not sacrifice herself for others.She thinks merely of music,and everybody has some beautiful notes in her voice.What a pity it is t"
"She sang first of the birth of love in the heart of a boy and a girl. And on the topmost spray of the Rose-tree there blossomed a marvellous rose, petal following petal,as song followed song. Pale was it ,at first ,as the mist that hangs over the river——pale as the feet of the moring,and the silver "
"what I sing if he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain"
""if you want a red rose," said the tree, "you must build it out of music, and stain it with your own heart's-blood. You must sing to me, and the thorn just pierce your heart and your life-blood mud flow into my veins, and become mine""
世人皆爱王尔德,没找到我看的那本,不知道学校是从哪找的书😢,这个难度很适合我现阶段读,里面除了The Young King生词都不太多,3篇是之前看过中文版的,其他之前都没看过,有时候需要中英对照着读,夜莺和玫瑰和快乐王子一直都是我很喜欢的童话,读英文版觉得更能体会到原来文字的优美和情感,里面所有的形象都很鲜明有趣捏
Everything about true love, every goddamn hypocrites who think they know love and pollute the true meaning of love, how the world is so cruel to the real pure love, the one should be thrown in the gutter was the f**king stupid student not the rose, not the nightingale. no one has ever done such painfully beautiful work other than Oscar Wilde