Sonnet 85

THE world, that cannot deeme1 of worthy things,

When I doe praise her, say I doe but flatter:

So does the cuckow, when the mavis2 sings,

Begin his witlesse note apace to clatter.

But they that skill not of so heavenly matter,

All that they know not, envy or admire:

Rather then enuy, let them wonder at her,

But not to deeme of her desert aspire3:

Deepe in the closet of my parts entyre4,

Her worth is written with a golden quill:

That me with heavenly fury5 doth inspire,

And my glad mouth with her sweet prayses fill:

Which when as fame in her shrill trump shal thunder,

Let the world chose to envy or to wonder.

注释：1.deeme：判断，裁定。

2.mavis：画眉鸟。

3.aspire：那些不懂尤物的人对自己不了解的事情要么惊叹，要么嫉妒。所以就让他们对那位女士叹为观止而不要嫉妒，也不要对她的优点妄加评判。

4.entyre：内部的。

5.fury：痴狂。这里的痴狂指的是柏拉图的“灵感迷狂说”。诗人为诗痴狂。柏拉图认为灵感是神启的迷狂。“诗人是神圣之种，凭借神和美神的帮助，他们往往在其诗歌中能抵达真理。此外还有第三种迷狂，由诗神凭附而来。它凭附到一个温柔贞洁的心灵，感发它，引它到一个兴高采烈，眉飞色舞的境界，并流露于各种诗歌。”没有诗神的迷狂，无论谁敲诗歌之门，他和他的作品都会永远站在诗歌的门外。”