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SONNET 74   BUT BE CONTENTED WHEN THAT FELL ARREST  十言 (ababcacaccccdd)

But be contented when that fell arrest              

當死亡來逮捕把我帶離,  10

Without all bail shall carry me away,              

沒人保釋我, 但不要難受。

My life hath in this line some interest,               

我生命有所作為在詩裡

Which for memorial still with thee shall stay.   

紀念著我,繼續與你相守。

When thou reviewest this, thou dost review     

當重閱此詩，你將會讀出

The very part was consecrate to thee:            

最精要部分, 都在聖化你。

The earth can have but earth, which is his due;

地上應得的,只是我塵土;

My spirit is thine, the better part of me:            

我珍貴心靈, 卻是屬於你:

So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life,    

 如此你僅失去餘生殘物，

The prey of worms, my body being dead;      

 是己死之軀，蠕蟲之獵物; 冚

The coward conquest of a wretch's knife,       

 那逃出時間刃利的懦夫，

Too base of thee to be remembered.               

是低俗的不值得你記住。 

The worth of that is that which it contains,     

它(懦夫)唯一價值,就在詩內藏蘊， 

And that is this, and this with thee remains.  

 而就是這點，我常存(住)你心。

經典蒙太極手法, 主角是逃出死亡的懦夫