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There is no Frigate like a Book

By Emily Dickinson

书

译 余光中

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 the human soul.

没 有大帆船能像一卷书

将我们送到异乡，

也没有任何骏马像一页

奔腾跳跃的诗章。

最穷的人们也能作此游，

而不受关税的威逼;

载运这人类心灵的车辆

取费是何等便宜。

frigate [ 'frɪɡət]

船

frugal ['fruɡl]

节俭的