在人们追求名声的世界里，他从未发过财，也没有发出过声音;但他有一群健康的男孩女孩，他们热爱他所踏过的土地。他们认为他差一点就是上帝;你真该听听他们是怎么说他名字的?“父亲?。即使他们叫他“爸爸”，他们的声音里也似乎有一种可爱的祈祷。虽然这个人从来没有在任何地方听说过，作为一个英雄，但不知何故，他知道他在做他的工作，并取得了成功;从他的孩子们说“爸爸”的样子，你就知道了。他没有赐给他们荣华富贵、却赐给他们没有沾染邪恶的血、和健康无暇的富足。他诚实，无可收买，心地善良; He was clean in heart, and body, and in mind. So he made them heirs to riches without price ? This father. He never preached or scolded; and the rod ? Well, he used it as a turning pole in play. But he showed the tender sympathy of God. To his children in their troubles, and their joys. He was always chum and comrade with his boys, And his daughters ? oh, you ought to hear them say `Father.? Now I think of all achievements `tis the least To perpetuate the species; it is done By the insect and the serpent, and the beast. But the man who keeps his body, and his thought, Worth bestowing on an offspring love-begot, Then the highest earthly glory he was won, When in pride a grown-up daughter or a son Says `That?s Father.?