Aurora Leigh

I write. My mother was a Florentine, Whose rare blue eyes were shut from seeing me When scarcely I was four years old;

我执笔而书。我的母亲是佛罗伦萨人，她稀有的蓝眼睛在我年仅四岁时便永远闭上了。

She could not bear the joy of giving life— The mother's rapture slew her.

她无法承受赐予生命的喜悦——母亲极致的欢愉反将她夺去。