Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 154

　　Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,

　　Whilst many nymphs that vow'd chaste life to keep

　　Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand

　　The fairest votary took up that fire

　　Which many legions of true hearts had warm'd;

　　And so the general of hot desire

　　Was sleeping by a virgin hand disarm'd.

　　This brand she quenched in a cool well by,

　　Which from Love's fire took heat perpetual,

　　Growing a bath and healthful remedy

　　For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,

　　Came there for cure, and this by that I prove,

　　Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.

　　小小爱神有一次呼呼地睡着，

　　把点燃心焰的火炬放在一边，

　　一群蹁跹的贞洁的仙女恰巧

　　走过;其中最美的一个天仙

　　用她处女的手把那曾经烧红

　　万千颗赤心的火炬偷偷拿走，

　　于是这玩火小法师在酣睡中

　　便缴械给那贞女的纤纤素手。

　　她把火炬往附近冷泉里一浸，

　　泉水被爱神的烈火烧得沸腾，

　　变成了温泉，能消除人间百病;

　　但我呵，被我情妇播弄得头疼，

　　跑去温泉就医，才把这点弄清：

　　爱烧热泉水，泉水冷不了爱情。