Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

年轻的诗人悲叹爱情的逝去;老诗人,岁月的流逝。令人惊讶的是,两者之间几乎没有什么区别。

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I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from.

我不知道年轻的诗人是否读了很多,你知道,著名的诗人。有很多很无聊的东西要忍受,要添加,要做一些重要的东西。

I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.

最近我在下议院看到一位年轻女士穿着一双漂亮的鞋子。我说我喜欢它们,她说我的鞋子是她参与政治的原因。

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

在所有的文科中,音乐对激情的影响最大,立法者应该给予最大的鼓励。

That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.

那段历史仍在我们的记忆中,那是一个邻居帮助邻居的时代,分享他们出于需要和体面所拥有的一点点东西。

It is inevitable that many ideas of the young mind will later have to give way to the hard realities of life.

不可避免的是,年轻人的许多想法将不得不让位于生活的残酷现实。

Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin.

英镑的疯狂。所有的诗人都是。他们必须如此。你不会把庞德这样的诗人扔进疯人院。

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

想要时间读书写字的人,必须让时间长起来。

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

灰色的天空不过是飘过的云。