Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.

  • -- Andrew Marvell 马韦尔

只要我们的世界够大,时间够长,小姐,这种羞怯并不是犯罪。

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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

甚至在散文中也有诗歌,在所有伟大的散文中,不仅仅是功利主义的或说教的,也有诗人用散文写作,或至少用或多或少明显的散文;数以百万计的诗人写的诗与诗歌无关。

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

这将需要很长一段时间,当然,到下个世纪,西方仍将是占主导地位的文明,但这种衰落正在发生。

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.

真正的造反者除了造反之外,几乎都是二流人物;浪费时间和脾气对任何其他成就都是毁灭性的。

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

我们每个人都有自己的字母来创作诗歌。