沃尔特·惠特曼是美国诗人、散文家和记者。作为一个人文主义者，他是超验主义和现实主义之间过渡的一部分，在他的作品中融合了这两种观点。惠特曼是美国经典中最具影响力的诗人之一，常被称为自由诗之父。
Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
不管是在这里还是以后对我来说都是一样的，我绝对接受时间。
I accept reality and dare not question it.
我接受现实，不敢质疑。
The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
伟大的城市是有最伟大的男人或女人的城市：如果是一些破烂的小屋，它仍然是世界上最伟大的城市。
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
只有个人品质才能持久。
And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
我要证明没有什么比死亡更美好的了。
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
自由地看，英语是每一种方言、种族和时间范围的积累和发展，是所有语言的自由而紧凑的组成部分。
Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.
凡降服别人的，就是降服我；所行所说的，终归归归我。
Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.
从世界历史的主要部分来看，迄今为止，正义始终处于危险之中。