Aphra Behn，关于她的信息，特别是她早期的生活，是缺乏的，她于1640年7月10日, 出生在坎特伯雷附近 。

Love’s Witness

By Aphra Behn

Slight unpremeditated Words are borne

By every common Wind into the Air;

Carelessly utter’d, die as soon as born,

And in one instant give both Hope and Fear:

Breathing all Contraries with the same Wind

According to the Caprice of the Mind.

But Billetdoux are constant Witnesses,

Substantial Records to Eternity;

Just Evidences, who the Truth confess,

On which the Lover safely may rely;

They’re serious Thoughts, digested and resolv’d;

And last, when Words are into Clouds devolv’d.

爱情的见证

不加思索的轻率话语，

被每一次平凡的呼吸载入空气;

随便说说，刚出口即消失，

一瞬间给人希望和恐惧：

同一气息呼出万般矛盾心肠，

追随心灵无常的遐想。

但情书则是恒常的见证，

直至永恒的实体记录;

公道的证物，它道出真诚，

恋人能在其上安心依附;

它们是严肃的思想，经过深思熟虑;

当话语在云外消失，它们还将延续。