Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.

  • -- William Cullen Bryant 布赖恩特

诗歌是一种艺术,它以最有力、最愉快的方式选择和排列思想的符号,以激发想象力。

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Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.

就在这个时候,在想象中我是一个伟大的战士,在现实生活中,我很好地利用了更多的力量,因为我不再被护士带到学校,而是让我自己来保护我的弟弟,我的弟弟比我小两岁。

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

冷漠可以被热情所克服,而热情只能被两件事所激发:第一,一个充满想象力的理想;第二,一个将理想付诸实践的明确而清晰的计划。

I'm innocent still inside me are stained glass windows that have never been broken and when I see your light it stains my soul with color.

我是无辜的,我的内心是从未被打破的彩色玻璃窗,当我看到你的光芒,我的灵魂染上了色彩。

Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry.

诗歌也是诗人的身体自我,诗人与诗歌是分不开的。