A Letter Written by Robert Burns to Ellison Begbie罗伯特•彭斯致埃莉森•贝格比 彭斯给埃莉森小姐写信,表达自己的爱慕之情,并坦承自己正陷入爱情的窘境之中,不知道如何下笔。在这封写给埃莉森小姐的求爱信中,彭斯不是其诗歌中惯常描写的那种豪放甚至有点鲁莽的情人形象,相反,他不知如何恰当地表达自己的感情,显得笨嘴拙舌,出现在读者眼中的是一个窘迫的、小心翼翼的、笨拙得有点可爱的小伙子形象。Dear Ellison,亲爱的埃莉森:March 3rd, 1785I have often thought it a peculiarly unlucky circumstance in love, that though in every other situation in life telling the truth is not only the safest, but actually by far the easiest way of proceeding, a lover is never under greater difficulty in acting, nor ever more puzzled for expression th
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