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ephemeron n.=ephemera.

ephesian

He was the fad of the hour , the adventurer who had stormed parnassus while the gods nodded . the hundreds of thousands read him and acclaimed him with the same brute non - understanding with which they had flung themselves on brissenden s “ ephemera “ and torn it to pieces - a wolf - rabble that fawned on him instead of fanging him 千千萬萬的讀者讀他的書,卻帶著畜生般的理解向他歡呼,他們跟外向布里森登的蜉蝣并把它扯成碎片的是同樣的群氓群狼,只不過他們沒有向他露出獠牙,而是向他討好。

The comic verse - writers and the cartoonists took hold of it with screaming laughter , and in the personal columns of society weeklies jokes were perpetrated on it to the effect that charley frensham told archie jennings , in confidence , that five lines of “ ephemera “ would drive a man to beat a cripple , and that ten lines would send him to the bottom of the river 俏皮詩和漫畫作者發出尖利的笑聲抓住了它,社會新聞周刊的人物專欄也拿那詩說笑話,大意是:查理福雷山姆私下告訴阿簡寧斯,五行蜉蝣就足以讓人去毆打殘疾人,十行蜉蝣就可以讓他跳河自殺。

A preliminary editorial note quoted sir john value as saying that there were no poets in america , and the publication of “ ephemera “ was the parthenon s . “ there , take that , sir john value ! 一篇編輯部的介紹短文引用伐琉大使的話說:美國沒有詩人。蜉蝣的出版等于是帕提農一聲斷喝: “看看這,約翰伐琉爵士! ”

And finally , the editor s foreword ended with : “ we have not yet made up our minds entirely as to the merits of “ ephemera “ ; perhaps we shall never be able to do so 最后編輯的前言以下面的話結束: “我們對于蜉蝣的杰出之處還沒有完全認識也許永遠也無法認識。

Fawn or fang , it was all a matter of chance . one thing he knew with absolute certitude : “ ephemera “ was infinitely greater than anything he had done 有一件事他確信無疑:蜉蝣比他的一切的作品都不知道高明多少倍,比他心里所有的一切都不知道高明多少倍。

Cartwright bruce was described as the greatest critic in america , and he was quoted as saying that “ ephemera “ was the greatest poem ever written in america 雜志把卡特萊特描寫為美國最偉大的評論家,并引用他的話說蜉蝣是美國有史以來最偉大的詩篇。

It was a poem of centuries . then the tribute the mob paid him was a sorry tribute indeed , for that same mob had wallowed “ ephemera “ into the mire 那么那群氓對他的禮贊也就只能令人遺憾了,因為把布里森登的蜉蝣拱到了爛泥里的也是那同樣的群氓。

He was turning the pages of the magazine , when suddenly he stopped . “ ephemera “ had been featured , with gorgeous head - piece and beardsley - like margin decorations 蜉蝣是以特稿形式刊登的,有豪華的題花和比亞茲榮風格的邊框裝飾。

Ministers began to preach sermons against “ ephemera , “ and one , who too stoutly stood for much of its content , was expelled for heresy 牧師們開始布道,反對蜉蝣,有一個牧師因為堅決維護那詩的內容,竟被以異端罪逐出了教會。

It is the parthenon , he thought , the august parthenon , and it must contain “ ephemera . “ if only brissenden were here to see 他以為是帕提農,八月號的帕提農,上面一定有蜉蝣,要是布里森登能看見就好了!

Sometimes he glanced over the magazines and newspapers to see how “ ephemera “ was being maltreated 他有時也讀報紙和雜志,想看看蜉蝣遭到了什么樣的虐待。

Only one manuscript he kept going , and that was brissenden s “ ephemera . 只有一份稿子他還在往外寄,那就是布里森登的蜉蝣。

“ ephemera “ he likewise wrapped and mailed to a magazine 他也把蜉蝣封好寄給了一家雜志。

A glance told him that “ ephemera “ was accepted 他一眼就看出蜉蝣已經被采用。