拜倫無疑是本世紀最偉大最有才能的詩人，他既不是古典時代，也不是浪漫時代的；他體現的視現時代。我所要求的就是他這種人。 ―(德)歌德 中英對照版 Ｘ 紀念藏書票 “She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow’d to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.” 她漫步在美的光影，像夜晚 皎潔無雲，繁星滿天； 明與暗最美妙的色澤 在她的容顏和明眸裡呈現： 耀眼的白晝只嫌光太強， 在1833年由後人彙總所出的《拜倫詩集》便有十七卷之多，其中便包括《恰爾德．哈洛爾德遊記》、 《異教徒》、《普羅米修斯》、《錫雍的囚徒》、《曼佛雷特》、 《該隱》、《唐璜》等詩。 而本書精選了拜倫眾多詩篇當中的 代表作，如《當初我倆分別》、《漫步在美的光影》、《我看 過你哭》……每一首都是璀璨的經典。 “The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece, around me see! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free.” 拜倫一生為民主、自由、民族解放的理想而奮鬥，也致力於寫作，從學生時期便開始創作詩歌。他的作品具有重大的歷史進步意義和藝術價值，他未完成的長篇詩體小說《唐璜》，便是一部氣勢宏偉、意境開闊、見解高超且卓越的敘事長詩，在英國當地乃至於歐洲文學史上都是罕見的作品。 “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more, From these our interviews, i
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