Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

诗歌的魅力已经足够了,但散文也必须令人信服。

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Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

散文在某些场合可以承载大量的诗歌;另一方面,诗歌在适度的散文重压下沉沦和沉沦。

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.

没有哪位塞壬能像聆听者的耳朵对塞壬的灵魂那样充满魅力。

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

啊,受欢迎的掌声!人的哪一颗心能抵挡你甜蜜诱人的魅力呢?

My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.

我的散文是浮夸的,没有一点活力。