| Beneath the sagging roof | |
| The stylist has taken shelter, | |
| Unpaid, uncelebrated, | |
| At last from the world's welter | 175 |
| Nature receives him; | |
| With a placid and uneducated mistress | |
| He exercises his talents | |
| And the soil meet s his distress. | (178-179) |
| The haven from sophistications and contentions | 180 |
| Leaks through its thatch; | |
| He offers succulent cooking; | |
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The door has a creaking latch. |
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| 在本節中描述的是一個獻身藝術的文人。由於不願屈服當時經濟方面的壓力，也不能應付此種壓力，被迫避居鄉間。[back] | |
| sagging：下陷，中間凹陷。[back] | |
| stylist：琢磨文體的作家。[back] | |
| uncelebrated：默默無聞的。[back] | |
| 終遠離了世事的紛擾。[back] | |
| 有一位溫和未受教育的情婦相伴。[back] | |
| He plants his own food, and gets nourishment from the soil.土地，也就是大自然，在他的苦腦中，予他以慰籍。換言 之，大自然供給他食物。[back] | |
| 這個遠離了批評家的詭辯和論戰的避風港。[back] | |
| 它的茅草屋頂漏雨。[back] | |
| succulent：juicy, tasty.美味的，富汁液的。[back] | |
| 門上的閂（latch）太舊，開門關門時會吱吱作聲。此行與181行都暗示這位作家住處的破舊。[back] |
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