這是一首詩(shī)中的句子,spring拼寫(xiě)錯(cuò)了,應(yīng)該是sprung,是spring的過(guò)去式.
意思是：生命是短暫的,出生于黑暗中,死于黑暗中.
下面是部分詩(shī)歌：
Thou whom chance may hither lead,
Be thou clad in russet weed,
Be thou deckt in silken stole,
Grave these maxims on thy soul:-
Life is but a day at most,
Sprung from night in darkness lost;
Hope not sunshine every hour,
Fear not clouds will always lour.
Happiness is but a name,
Make content and ease thy aim.
Ambition is a meteor-gleam;
Fame a restless airy dream;
Pleasures,insects on the wing
Round Peace,th' tend'rest flow'r of spring;
Those that sip the dew alone -
Make the butterflies thy own;
Those that would the bloom devour -
Crush the locusts,save the flower.
For the future be prepar'd:
Guard wherever thou can'st not shun.
But,thy utmost duly done,
Welcome what thou can'st not shun.
Follies past give thou to air -
Make their consequence thy care.
Keep the name of Man in mind,
And dishonour not thy kind.
Reverence with lowly heart
Him,whose wondrous work thou art;
Keep His Goodness still in view -
Thy trust,and thy example too.