As subject to Time's love or to Time's hate, 或贱如野草，或跻身丽苑，

　　Weeds among weeds, or flowers with flowers gather'd. 升沉冷暖只依靠与世浮沉。

　　No, it was builded far from accident; It suffers not in smiling pomp, nor falls Under the blow of thralled discontent, 哦，不，我的爱不会受机缘的影响，它既不会因顺境而反遭厄运，也不会潦倒于愤世之积怨不平，

　　Whereto the inviting time our fashion calls: 这种不平是流行于本朝的忧郁病。

　　It fears not policy, that heretic, Which works on leases of short-number'd hours, 它不惧怕那些患得患失的弄权者，恰如异教徒出租房屋赚取片时碎金。

　　But all alone stands hugely politic, 不，它只是卓然鼎立，远虑深谋，

　　That it nor grows with heat nor drowns with showers. 不因热而长，也不遭溺于雨淋。

　　To this I witness call the fools of time, 为我的话作证吧，为世所爱憎的痴人，

　　Which die for goodness, who have lived for crime. 你们或为善而死，或至今为恶而生。