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1、TheBabBalladsTheBabBallads(MoreBabBallads)W.S.Gilbert1TheBabBalladsBallad:MisterWilliamOh,listentothetaleofMISTERWILLIAM,ifyouplease,Whomnaughty,naughtyjudgessentawaybeyondtheseas.Heforgedaparty'swill,whichcausedanxietyandstrife,Resultinginhisgettingpenalservitudeforl
2、ife.Hewasakindlygoodlyman,andnaturallyprone,Insteadoftakingothers'gold,togiveawayhisown.ButhehadheardofVice,andlongedforonlyoncetostrike-ToplanONElittlewickedness-toseewhatitwaslike.Hearguedwithhimself,andsaid,"AspotlessmanamI;Ican'tbemorerespectable,howeverhardItry!F
3、orsixandthirtyyearsI'vealwaysbeenasgoodasgold,AndnowforhalfanhourI'llplaninfamyuntold!"Ababywhoiswickedattheearlyageofone,Andthenreforms-anddiesatthirty-sixaspotlessson,Isnever,neversaddledwithhisbabyhood'sdefect,Butearnsfromworthymenconsiderationandrespect."Soonewhon
4、everrevelledindiscreditabletricksUntilhereachedthecomfortableageofthirty-six,Maythenforhalfanhourperpetrateadeedofshame,Withoutincurringpermanentdisgrace,orevenblame."Thatbabiesdon'tcommitsuchcrimesasforgeryistrue,Butlittlesinsdevelop,ifyouleave'emtoaccrue;Andhewhoshu
5、nsallvicesassuccessiveseasonsroll,Shouldreapatlengththebenefitofsomuchself-control."Thecommonsinofbabyhood-objectingtobedrest-Ifyouleaveittoaccumulateatcompoundinterest,Foranythingyouknow,mayrepresent,ifyou'realive,Aburglaryormurderattheageofthirty-five."Still,Iwouldn
6、'ttakeadvantageofthisfact,butbecontentWithsomepardonablefolly-it'samereexperiment.Thegreaterthetemptationtogowrong,thelessthesin;Sowithsomethingthat'sparticularlytemptingI'llbegin."Iwouldnotstealapenny,formyincome'sveryfair-Idonotwantapenny-Ihavepenniesandtospare-Andi
7、fIstoleapennyfromamoney-bagortill,Thesinwouldbeenormous-thetemptationbeingNIL.2TheBabBallads"ButifIbrokeasunderallsuchpettifoggingbounds,Andforgedaparty'sWillfor(say)FiveHundredThousandPounds,Withsuchanirresistibletemptationtoahaul,Ofcoursethesinmustbeinfinitesimallys
8、mall."There'sWILSONwhoisdying-hehaswealthfromStockandrent-IfIdiverthisrichesfromtheirnaturaldescent,I'mplacedinapositiontoin
