For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

-- Edward Dowden 道登

对诗人来说，在诗歌中描写诗人是一项危险的实验;在谈到自己的职业时，幽默感和一点善意的冷嘲热讽并没有错。

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Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.

昨天早上，我以我曾经拥有的一种才能为消遣，但我却把它忽略了，我的表演几乎可以被称为一种试验。我给其中一个女人裁剪了一件衣服。

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The rain to the wind said, You push and I'll pelt.' They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged--though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.

雨对风说: 你推我，我就扔。” 他们就这样打了花园的床花儿真的跪下了，就睡在那里，虽然没有死。我知道花的感觉。

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A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.

一首诗可以被定义为思考情感——思考人类的情感和弱点。

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My drumming is always an experiment.

我的打鼓一直是个实验。

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