[102]But that wild music burthens every bough,

And sweets grown common lose their dear delight.

Therefore like her, I sometime hold my tongue:

Because I would not dull you with my song.

为了不让你厌恶，我甘愿冒着被误解的危险，用沉默保住我在你心中那静谧的一隅。

传说中的审美疲劳，就是在“过多”（excessive）中产生的吧。任何东西，不管性质好坏，少则饥，多则滥，不多不少则是长久快乐的源泉。Shakespeare还说过：Don’t blunt the fine point of seldom pleasure。大三的时候有一篇课文说appetite，作者说，有时候为了更好地享受美食，他会“deliberately go on fast”。（想节食减肥者请牢记这句话）So…the wise must know how to keep love afresh.

[103]The argument all bare is of more worth

Than when it hath my added praise beside!

……

Were it not sinful then, striving to mend,

To mar the subject that before was well?

诗词再美，也美不过人。加在你身上的赞美，却成了你身边最丑陋的赘饰。——莎翁说自己灵感不在，但随便吹吹也能把美人哄得开心不已。

但有过亲身体会的人就会知道，有时候看着爱人的脸，心里涌动的情感，一句简简单单的“我爱你”，或者镶金带玉的词藻都承载不起。也许只有意韵更深的沉默，才能让这浓情脉脉流转吧。

[104]Ah! Yet doth beauty like a dial-hand,

Steal from his figure, and no pace perceiv’d;

So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,

Hath motion, and mine eye may be deceiv’d.

红颜易逝，韶华难葆。时间是最高明的贼，悄无声息地将容颜的精彩慢慢偷去。许是我的双眼受了爱的蒙蔽，你的美，从未在我心中凋零。

Shakespeare在A Midsummer Night’s Dream里有一句话：Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.  And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. 可以为这四行诗作注吧。

While I am always of the opinion that love inspired by sight and fed on the mere sight of lovers will hardly fail to meet with obstacles that cannot be overcome unless love gets strengthened by mutual attendance of both as time goes by.

[105]Kind is my love to-day, to-morrow kind,

Still constant in a wondrous excellence.

……

Fair, kind, and true, is all my argument,

Fair, kind, and true, varying to other words;

And in this change is my invention spent,

Three themes in one, which wondrous scope affords.

Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone,

Which three till now, never kept seat in one.

真、善、美，永恒的主题，万变不离其宗。而爱，就是真、善、美最完美的结合。

如果可以用电影里一个经典的黑白镜头作一个特写，我想象历经种种的女主角轻轻地叹一句作为结局：Love is constant in a wondrous excellence. 爱情永远那样美好。

停下来，细细品味。美好的，许是那些或酸或甜的未知，许是在未知里书写可能的欲望，许是寻求自我救赎的过程。Russell说，Love is to be valued because it enhances all the best pleasures of life. 谁说不是呢，和你一起喝的酒，总那么醉人。

[106]I see their antique pen would have express’d

Even such a beauty as you master now.

So all their praises are but prophecies

Of this our time, al you prefiguring;

……

For we, wihich now behold these present days,

Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

古诗中对美人的歌颂，只不过是对你美貌的预言。而如今有幸看证你无双容颜的，却只能痴痴伫立，无暇赞叹。

借花献佛的诗句，但构思之妙，足以让只会写“沉鱼落雁”“闭月羞花”的人从此更名改姓封笔不出。挖空心思写手如何美脚如何美，还不如清清爽爽地来一句：You are the totality of all the beautiful parts on earth.

征服芳心，永远只在那最出奇不意的一击。

The Ranks of Angels

The Ranks of Angels
Throughout time, millions of people have felt the grace and guidance of Angels. People in all walks of life have been helped, guided, saved or just confronted by their Guardian Angels and are more than eager to share their encounters with anyone willing to listen. 

George Washington spoke of his Guardian Angel often, and credited his success at Valley Forge to "an inspiring visit from a heavenly being." Abraham Lincoln often called upon the healing powers and wisdom of the Angels to help guide him and heal the nation in times of death and devestation. Stories of encounters with these Celestial Beings have been around since the beginning of written history.

Angels are all around and watching over us. They are more popular and more visible today than ever before. And even though they have always been with us, it seems as though we are just discovering them. In spite of all the skepticism, human belief in these Heavenly Beings has withstood the test of time and lately more people are willing to come forward and share their stories of encounters with these Heavenly visitations.

Anyoe whose life has been touched by an Angel will agree wholeheartedly that these Angels are indeed messengers from God.

According to the dictionary an Angel is "a celestial attendant of God; one of a class of Spiritual Beings who, in Medieval Angelology, were the lowest of the nine celestial orders: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels and Angels." However for most people, an Angel is an Angel, regardless of their so called 'rank'. 

The Rank of Angels:
In the 5th Century A.D., a Middle Eastern Scholar named Dionysius studied the references to Angels in the Scriptures and other non-biblical sources. He concluded that there were 9 "classes." or "choirs" of Angels which were divided into 3 "spheres." Even though there are some minor discrepencies in the field of Angel scholars, Dionysius' Hierarchy of Angels is still accepted today and  are as follows (starting with those closest to God)"

1st Sphere -  Seraphim, Cheribum and Thrones
2nd Sphere - Dominions, Virtues and Powers
3rd Sphere - Principalities, Archangels and Angels.

SERAPHIM - sometimes called "the burning ones" because they are closest to God and radiate Pure Light. These are the Angels who constantly sing God's praise, and whose duty it is to regulate the heavens. (Lucifer is said to have been one of the Seraphim who had outshone all the others untill he became the head of the fallen angels). 

CHERUBIM - sent to guard the gates of Eden. Originally they were depicted as the bearers of God's Throne, as the charioteers, and as powerful beings with four wings and four faces. However, in modern times, Cheribum have evolved into chubby babies with wings.

THRONES - called the 'many eyed ones' have the duty of carrying out God's decisions. They are often represented as firey wheels.

DOMINIONS - their job is to regulate the duties of the other Angels and ensure that God's wishes are carried out. 

VIRTUES - the Angels of Grace who bring God's blessings to Earth, usually in the form of miracles. Known as the 'brilliant' or "shinning'" ones, they are associated with acts of heroism and bring courage when needed. 

POWERS - their job is to prevent the 'fallen angels' from taking over the world and keeping the Universe in balance. They are also seen as the Angels of birth and death. 

PRINCIPALITIES - the Guardian Angels of cities, nations and rulers, and guards against the invasion of evil angels. 

ARCHANGELS - probably the best known of all Angels. They carry God's most important messages to humans. They also command God's 'armies' of Angels in the constant battle with the "sons of darkness."
ANGELS - the Celestial Beings closest to humans. They act as intermediaries between the Almighty and humanity. Often called our "Guardian Angels." 

Angels and atheists: Angels may appear to anyone, regardless of religious backgrounds or beliefs. Case in point... in 1985 a Russian space scientist defected and then told what had happened to 6 cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz 7 space station. After orbiting the Earth for 155 days, a band of Angels had miraculously appeared outside their spacecraft. Leonid Kizim, Vladimir Solevev and Oleg Artkov were working on routine medical experiments when suddenly they were nearly blinded by a brilliant orange light from outside the orbiting laboratory.  It took a few seconds for their eyes to adjust to the astonishing radiance, but then, according to the secret report, they saw "seven giant figures in the form of humans, but with wings and mist-like halos as in the classic depiction of Angels. They appeared to be hundreds of feet tall with a wingspan as great as a jetliner."