A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
诗歌
Poetry
Failures of nerve and energy are not permitted. That's what it means to be an object.
神经和能量的衰竭是不允许的。这就是物体的意义。
People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.
例如，读诗的人喜欢书的感觉、分量和气味。
I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be sane.
我真的相信，或者我想相信，我真的是疯了，否则我永远不会理智。
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry.
从紫式部到普鲁斯特，这部小说的叙事艺术创作出了许多伟大的诗歌作品。
Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help.
深厚的感情不适合写好诗。用语言的方法会有一点帮助。
Poetry is just so emo,' he said. 'Oh, the pain. The pain. It always rains. In my soul.
他说:“诗歌就是如此情绪化。”“噢,痛苦。疼痛。它总是下雨。在我的灵魂。
We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.
我们看到我们这一代最优秀的头脑被诗歌阅读的无聊所摧毁。
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart.
用温柔的笔触唤醒灵魂， 培养天才，修补心灵。
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
很少有人会否认诗歌的一个优点:它比散文言简意赅。
Poetry is the suggestion, by the imagination, of noble grounds for the noble emotions.
诗歌是一种暗示，通过想象，为高尚的情感提供高尚的基础。
We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
我们说上帝和想象力是一体的……那支最高的蜡烛照亮黑暗有多高。
I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.
我不想成为每个人的一切，但我想成为某个人的某样东西。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
我认为，我们现代文化的一个可能定义是，我们十分之九的知识分子不会读诗。
I would especially like to recourt the Muse of poetry, who ran off with the mailman four years ago, and drops me only a scribbled postcard from time to time.
我特别想引用诗神的话，她四年前和邮递员私奔了，只是偶尔给我寄来一张潦草的明信片。
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
画是看得见而不摸得着的诗，诗是摸得着而不摸得着的画。
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
我想，没有什么，甚至没有犯罪，比这种没完没了的工作更反对诗歌，更反对哲学，更反对生活本身了。
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
诗歌比历史更接近重要的真理。
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, Wondering... Fearing... Doubting...
在那黑暗的深处，我久久地站在那里，思索着……担心……怀疑……