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1、ADREAMOFJOHNBALLADREAMOFJOHNBALLByWilliamMorris1ADREAMOFJOHNBALLCHAPTERITHEMENOFKENTSometimesIamrewardedforfrettingmyselfsomuchaboutpresentmattersbyaquiteunasked-forpleasantdream.ImeanwhenIamasleep.Thisdreamisasitwereapresentofanarchitecturalpeep-show.Iseesomebeautifulandnoblebuildingnewmade,a
2、sitwerefortheoccasion,asclearlyasifIwereawake;notvaguelyorabsurdly,asoftenhappensindreams,butwithallthedetailclearandreasonable.SomeElizabethanhousewithitsscrapofearlierfourteenth-centurybuilding,anditslaterdegradationsofQueenAnneandSillyBillyandVictoria,marringbutnotdestroyingit,inanoldvillag
3、eonceaclearingamidthesandywoodlandsofSussex.Oranoldandunusuallycuriouschurch,muchchurchwardened,andbesideitafragmentoffifteenth-centurydomesticarchitectureamongstthenotunpicturesquelathandplasterofanEssexfarm,andlookingnaturalenoughamongthesleepyelmsandthemeditativehensscratchingaboutinthelitt
4、erofthefarmyard,whosetroddenyellowstrawcomesuptotheveryjambsoftherichlycarvedNormandoorwayofthechurch.Orsometimes'tisasplendidcollegiatechurch,untouchedbyrestoringparsonandarchitect,standingamidanislandofshapelytreesandflower-besetcottagesofthatchedgreystoneandcob,amidstthenarrowstretchofbrigh
5、tgreenwater-meadowsthatwindbetweenthesweepingWiltshiredowns,sowellbelovedofWilliamCobbett.Orsomenew-seenandyetfamiliarclusterofhousesinagreyvillageoftheupperThamesovertoppedbythedelicatetraceryofafourteenth-centurychurch;orevensometimestheverybuildingsofthepastuntouchedbythedegradationofthesor
6、didutilitarianismthatcaresnotandknowsnotofbeautyandhistory:asonce,whenIwasjourneying(inadreamofthenight)downthewell-rememberedreachesoftheThamesbetwixtStreatleyandWallingford,wherethefoothillsoftheWhiteHorsefallbackfromthebroadstream,Icameuponaclear-seenmediaevaltownstandingupwithroofandtowera
7、ndspirewithinitswalls,greyandancient,butuntouchedfromthedaysofitsbuildersofold.All2ADREAMOFJOHNBALLthisIhaveseeninthedreamsofthenightclearerthanIcanforcemyselftoseethemindreamsoftheday.Sothatitwouldhavebeennothingnewtometheothernighttof
