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!

-- Rita Dove 丽塔·达夫

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。

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The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.

诗人的工作不是寻找新的情感，而是运用普通的情感，把它们编成诗歌，表达那些根本不属于实际情感的情感。

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As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two...

随着年龄的增长，会发生三件事。第一个是你的记忆消失了，另外两个我记不起来了……

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A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

一个人可能多才多艺，但也可能是一个软弱的诗人。

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The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.

年纪越大，越喜欢下流。

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