I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.

  • -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 柯勒律治

我希望我们聪明的年轻诗人能记住我对散文和诗歌的朴素定义;也就是说,散文=文字的最佳顺序;-诗歌=最好的语言,最好的顺序。

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Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.

她想,诗歌不是用来分析的;它的意义在于无理由地激励,无理解地触摸。

Even this late it happens: the coming of love, the coming of light.

即使是这么晚才发生: 爱的到来,光明的到来。