"It is not to Egypt that I am going," said the Swallow."I am going to the House of Death. Death is the brother of Sleep, is he not?"

And he kissed the Happy Prince on the lips, and fell down dead at his feet.

At that moment a curious crack sounded inside the statue, as if something had broken. The fact is that the leaden heart had snapped right in two. It certainly was a dreadfully hard frost.

...

"Bring me the two most precious things in the city," said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird.

"You have rightly chosen,"said God, "for in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me."

真是個傷感的故事...

一尊沒有眼珠，沒有金葉裹身的塑像和一只死鳥，還美嗎?世俗之人認為不美，但上帝認為仍然很美，于是"鉛心"和"死鳥"都進入了天堂。

還有后面的夜鶯，為了給男孩找到紅玫瑰，啼血歌唱，血染玫瑰，然而男孩在被女孩拒絕后卻狠心扔掉了玫瑰，這個夜鶯用生命換回來的無比鮮紅的玫瑰(也許象征著愛情)在金錢社會顯得這么不堪一擊，真是粉刺啊。

The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world's sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.

And lo! Through the painted windows came the sunlight streaming upon him, and sunbeams wove round him a tissued robe that was fairer than the robe that had been fashioned for his pleasure. The dead staff blossomed, and bore lilies that were whiter than pearls. The dry thorn blossomed, and bore roses that were redder than rubies. Whiter than fine pearls were the lilies, and their stems were of bright silver. Redder than male rubies were roses, and their leaved were of beaten gold.

The Young King, 又是一個讓人美到窒息的故事，年輕的國王最后放下世俗的黃袍金冠和珍珠權杖，換來的是來自上天的加冕和天使的祝福"But no man dared look upon his face, for it was like the face of angel."

The Fisherman and His Soul

with lips parted, and eyes dim with wonder, he sat idle in his boat and listened, listening till the sea-mists crept round him, and the wandering moon stained his brown limbs with silver.

看到雪地可以這樣描述:

The earth is going to be married, and this is her bridal dress.