My friends are gone, but that's a truth Nor grave nor bed denied, -- Learned in bodily lowliness And in the heart's pride.

美丑唇齿相依,心的高傲和肉的低贱，都证实这条真理,我伙伴们虽死，但否认它。

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Weep no more, woeful Shepherds weep no more For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the wat'ry floor, So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head.

诗歌大意：，悲伤的牧羊人们不要再哭泣,利西亚斯并没有死去，虽然他被海水吞没，启明星也会沉入海底，不久便会修复他疲惫的头颅。

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