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Dead poets, philosophs, priests,
Martyrs, artists, inventors, governmentslong since,
Language-shapers on other shores,
Nations once powerful, now reduced,withdrawn, or desolate,
I dare not proceed till I respectfullycredit what you have left
wafted hither,
I have perused it, own it is admirable,(moving awhile among it,)
Think nothing can ever be greater, nothingcan ever deserve more
than it deserves,
Regarding it all intently a long while,then dismissing it,
I stand in my place with my own day here.
Here lands female and male,
Here the heir-ship and heiress-ship of theworld, here the flame of
materials,
Here spirituality the translatress, theopenly-avow'd,
The ever-tending, the finale of visibleforms,
The satisfier, after due long-waiting nowadvancing,
Yes here comes my mistress the soul.
死了的诗人、哲学家、僧侣、
殉教者、艺术家、发明家、以往的一切政治家,
在其他地方形成各种语言的人民,
一度强盛,现在已衰微、退步和零落的民族,
直到我敬谨地认识了你们所遗留在这里的一切,我才敢前进,
我仔细研究了那一切,承认它是可钦佩的,(我在其间徘徊了片刻,)
我想再没有什么能比它更伟大,更值得称赏的
我全心注视它很长一段时间后,才把它放开,
现在,在这里,我和我的时代站在我自己应在的地方。
这里是男性和女性的陆地,
这里是世界的男继承人和女继承人,这里是物质的火焰,
这里灵性是公开承认的,
无时不在的传达者,是可见到的形体的究竟
是长久期待之后现在正向前进行的酬赏者,
是呀,这里我看到了我的主妇——灵魂。
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