There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
沒有一艘帆船能像書本那樣,
帶我們跨越萬水千山,
也沒有一匹駿馬,
比得上一頁歡騰的詩篇。
沒有旅費的窘迫,
最窮者也可以跋涉萬里;
承載靈魂的戰(zhàn)車,
向來是如此素儉。