苏格兰诗人罗伯特·彭斯一生写过许多优美的诗篇,可是他自己的生活却至为潦倒。他给世人留下这样一封致英国诗人(?)姆士·汤姆生的借债信。“尽管我累次夸耀自己的经济独立,但是可咒的贫困却迫使我求你借我五镑钱。我欠一个杂货铺老板一笔钱,这个狠心的坏蛋不知怎么以 Scottish poet Robert Burns has written many beautiful poems in his life, but his own life is downright deprived. He left such a letter of credit to the world for British poet? James Thomson. ”Although I have boasted of my own financial independence on a number of occasions, the curse of poverty has forced me to ask you to borrow five pounds of money.I owe a grocery store owner a sum of money,