由于内战时辛劳过度,惠特曼于一八七三年患半身不遂症,终生未愈,在病痛中挨过了近二十年。然而,他不是屈服于病魔的折磨,而是经常拖着他的小凳子,到户外去,走到溪流边,为树的沉默和神秘而欣喜,吸纳着复原的精力与勇气。树的生机、忍耐和沉静正与人类的虚伪相反,它们如此纯真无邪又如此狂 As a result of overwork during the civil war, Whitman suffered a partial illness in 1873 and lasted for almost two decades. However, instead of giving in to the torture of the sickness, he often dragged his stool out to the stream and went to the stream, rejoicing over the silence and mystery of the tree, absorbing the energy and courage of recovery. The vitality, endurance, and silence of the tree are just the opposite of human hypocrisy, so innocent and so mad