John Donne
John Donne (/ˈdʌn/ dun) (22 January 1572[1] – 31 March 1631) was an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets.
No Man is an Island
No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.
-- John Donne
「沒有人能自全，沒有人是孤島，每人都是大陸的一片，要為本土應卯。那便是一塊土地，那便是一方海角，那便是一座莊園，不論是你的，還是朋友的，一旦海水沖走，歐洲就要變小。任何人的死亡，都是我的減少，做為人類的一員，我與生靈共老。喪鍾在為誰敲，我本茫然不曉，不為幽明永隔，它正為你哀掉。」
節錄自：http://blog.yam.com/aboutrossi/article/19711865
W.A.S.P. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (白人盎格魯-撒克遜新教徒)
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is an informal, sometimes disparaging term[1] for a group of high-status and influential White Americans of English Protestant ancestry. The term applies to a group believed to control disproportionate social, political, and financial power in the United States.[2] It describes a group whose family wealth, education, status, and elite connections allow them a degree of opportunity held by few others.[3]
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church,[1] officially the Orthodox Catholic Church,[2] also referred to as the Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Orthodoxy,[3] is the second largest Christian Church in the world,[4] with an estimated 225–300 million adherents.[5]
The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the oldest religious institutions in the world,[6] teaching that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission to the apostles,[7] and practicing what it understands to be the original faith passed down from the Apostles.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (/poʊ/; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.[2]
The Fountain of Youth
The Fountain of Youth is a spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted across the world for thousands of years, appearing in writings by Herodotus (5th century BCE), the Alexander romance (3rd century CE), and the stories of Prester John (early Crusades, 11th/12th centuries CE). Stories of similar waters were also evidently prominent among the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean during the Age of Exploration (early 16th century), who spoke of the restorative powers of the water in the mythical land of Bimini.
Merry go round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZfj2Ir3GgQ
Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
