A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

  • -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 柯勒律治

诗人不应该扒窃自然的衣袋。让他借钱吧,借了就借,借了就借,借了就借,借了就还。准确地审视自然,但要从回忆中写作,更要相信想象力,而不是记忆。

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But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.

但诗人并不被认为是危险的,他们被建议进行自我审查。在大多数情况下,诗人被要求根本不写作。我利用了这种消极的自由。

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

诗人是夜莺,他坐在黑暗中,用甜美的歌声为自己的孤独歌唱。