The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

一个诗人的证明是，他的祖国对他的吸收就像他对祖国的吸收一样深情。

-- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼