少年维特的烦恼 英文版 The Sorrows of Young Werther
歌德 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
JULY 24.
You insist so much on my not neglecting my drawing, that it wouldbe as well for me to say nothing as to confess how little I havelately done.
I never felt happier, I never understood nature better, even downto the veriest stem or smallest blade of grass; and yet I amunable to express myself: my powers of execution are so weak,everything seems to swim and float before me, so that I cannotmake a clear, bold outline. But I fancy I should succeed betterif I had some clay or wax to model. I shall try, if this stateof mind continues much longer, and will take to modelling, if Ionly knead dough.
I have commenced Charlotte's portrait three times, and have asoften disgraced myself. This is the more annoying, as I wasformerly very happy in taking likenesses. I have since sketchedher profile, and must content myself with that.