The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.

  • -- Clarence Day 克劳伦斯·戴伊

每一代诗人很少唱新歌。它们以人们一直喜爱的主题为主题,并以他们那个时代的方式演唱。

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Your senses are reeling all the time. Finally you find something to write and the very next day you go out and see something else which totally contradicts what you've written and every conclusion you've come to.

你的感官一直在晕眩。最后,你终于找到了一些可以写的东西,第二天,你走出去,看到了一些完全与你所写的和你得出的每一个结论相矛盾的东西。

I spent the whole time battering people I liked and singing with my arm round people I loathed.

我把所有的时间都花在殴打我喜欢的人身上,用我的手臂搂着我讨厌的人唱歌。