Higher yet in the purple hollow of the night the topmost flames leapt again and again fruitlessly at the stars, like golden dragons chained but struggling.
更高处,在紫色的夜空深处,最顶端的火焰一次次徒劳地扑向星辰,宛如被锁住却仍在挣扎的金龙。
— G. K. Chesterton · The Ball and the Cross · XX · Dies Irae —