开始怀疑 Thomas Babington Macaulay 的Horatius at the Bridge是不是某个版本的《木兰辞》。 From Wikipedia: Winston Churchill wrote that while he "stagnated in the lowest form" at Harrow, he gained a prize open to the whole school by reciting the whole "twelve hundred lines" of "Horatius." (Note: "Horatius" is not quite 600 lines; perhaps Churchill was referring to another of the Lays as well; if so probably "The Armada".) （话说Swimburne有些句子已经有点像是为了押韵而押韵了，但和这首一比，真是小巫见大巫……Swinburne至少没给人口水诗的观感。） #工作之七七八八