On His Blindness
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本诗标题On His Blindness并非原诗所有，而是纽顿(Thomas Newton)在1794—1752年间编纂的诗选中加上的，其实并不恰当。弥尔顿在诗中显然避而不用blind或blindness等字眼，因为blindness只有肉体上的含义，而弥尔顿想要表现的乃是肉体和精神方面的双重含义。
On His BlindnessBy John Milton
When I consider how my light is spentEre half my days in this dark world and wide,And that one talent which is death to hideLodg’d with me useless, though my soul more bentTo serve therewith my Maker, and presentMy true account, lest he returning chide,“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”I fondly ask. But Patience, to preventThat murmur, soon replies: “God doth not needEither man’s work or his own gifts: who bestBear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His stateIs kingly; thousands at his bidding speedAnd post o’er land and ocean without rest:They also serve who only stand and wait.”
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