看来是易如反掌，他们却不做，
That do not do the thing they most do show,
使别人动情，而自己是石头一块，
Who, moving others, are themselves as stone,
冷若冰霜，不受人家的诱惑；
Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow;
他们，无愧地承受了天生丽质，
They rightly do inherit heaven's graces
栽培着自然的财富，不浪费点滴；
And husband nature's riches from expense;
他们才是自己的美貌的主子，
They are the lords and owners of their faces,
别人，不过是经手美色的仆役。
Others but stewards of their excellence.
夏天的花儿对夏天总芬芳可亲，
The summer's flow'r is to the summer sweet,
尽管它只是独自茂盛又枯萎；
Though to itself it only live and die;
但那花要是染上了卑贱的瘟病，
But if that flow'r with base infection meet,
最贱的野草也要比它更高贵；
The basest weed outbraves his dignity:
甜东西做了贱事就酸苦难尝；
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
发霉的百合远不如野草芳香。
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.