The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.

  • -- Lascelles Abercrombie 阿伯克龙比激光束

史诗诗人的背后有着物质的传统和文体的传统;这也是其他所有诗人都有的东西;只是,对于史诗诗人来说,传统要狭隘得多,要严格得多。

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I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!

我被任命为桂冠诗人。这完全出乎我的意料,因为大多数的桂冠诗人都比我大得多。

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.

诗人是这样的人,他架起通向星星的梯子——一边爬梯子一边拉提琴。

Tradition must be a springboard to the future, not an easy chair for resting.

传统必须是通向未来的跳板,而不是安乐椅。

Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.

保存传统已经成为一种很好的爱好,就像集邮一样。