The only thing that such a criticism leaves unexplained and undefined is the interest which Donne's poetry still has for us, not as an historical phenomenon, but as poetry.

这类批评唯一未能解释和阐明的，是多恩的诗歌对我们依然具有的魅力——不是作为历史现象，而是作为诗歌本身。

What he relishes in a poet of the past is exactly the same essential qualities as he enjoys in a poet of his own day—life and passion and art.

他在一位古代诗人身上所欣赏的，正是一位当代诗人身上同样的本质特质——生命、激情与艺术。