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Dayadhvam: I have heard the key
Turn in the door once and turn once only
We think of the key each in his prison
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
Only at nightfall, aetherial rumours
Revive for a moment a broken coriolanus
钱先生在评论郭绍虞的《中国文学批评史》(上册)时指出,“复古”未必就是“逆流”或“退化”,现代英国文学中的古典主义也是一种革命;我们不能凭一己的好恶来确定“顺流”、“逆流”的标准。“有‘历史观念’的人‘当然能知文学的进化’;但是,因为他有‘历史观念’,他也爱恋着过去,他能了解过去的现在性(the presentness of the past),他知道过去并不跟随撕完的日历簿而一同消逝。”书评中说到的现代英国古典主义应指艾略特的一些主张,而短语“过去的现在性”很可能来自《传统与个人才能》一文。
Dayadhvam: I have heard the key
Turn in the door once and turn once only
We think of the key each in his prison
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
Only at nightfall, aetherial rumours
Revive for a moment a broken coriolanus