Now, I know it's easy to look at me and say, "God, there's an old leftie, why doesn't he grow up?"

如今,我知道你轻易就可以看着我感叹,"天啊,这个老左派,他怎么还不成熟起来"

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Yet once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never sere, I come to pluck your Berries harsh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

我再一次来，月桂树啊,棕色的番石榴和常青藤的绿叶啊，在成熟之前，来强摘你们的果子，我不得已伸出我这粗鲁的手指，来震落你们这些嫩黄的叶子。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选