It may seem a brutal thing to say, and it is a sad thing to say: but, as a matter of hard fact, the theory that poetical genius bloweth where it listeth, and equally in poor and rich, holds little truth.
说起来似乎是一件残酷的话,说起来也是一件可悲的事:但是, 作为一个确凿的事实, 诗歌天才在它列出的地方吹响的理论,无论是穷人还是富人, 都是站不住脚的。