When I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

当我听那博学的天文学家讲述，当证明与数字在我面前列成一栏栏，当图表与示意图展示给我，要我相加、相除、测量，当我坐在讲堂里听他讲演，掌声阵阵，我竟很快莫名地疲倦难受。于是我起身，悄然离开，独自在神秘湿润的夜气中漫步，不时在全然的寂静里，抬头仰望星辰。