I would have you go, and yet no further that a capricious child will let a bird hop a little from his hand and then pulls it back with a silken thread, so loving-jealous of its liberty.

• 我希望你快去；可是我就好比一个淘气的女孩子，像放松一个囚犯似的让她心爱的鸟儿暂时跳出她的掌心，又用一根丝线把它拉了回来，爱的私心使她不愿意给它自由。