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 a human soul!

有哪艘帆船像書一樣

沒有哪艘帆船像書本一樣，

帶我們跨越萬水千山，

也沒有一匹駿馬，

比得上一頁(yè)歡騰的詩(shī)篇。

沒有旅費(fèi)的窘迫，

最窮者也可以跋涉萬里；

承載靈魂的戰(zhàn)車，

向來是如此素儉。