How exciting it would be to find clues about the man in his lines of poetry.

如果能在他的诗句中找到关于这个人的线索， 那将是多么令人兴奋。

It is my utmost pleasure to share with you the extraordinary virtues that lie within the lines of poetry.

我非常高兴能与您分享诗行中的非凡美德。

" What a terrible line of poetry! ... though I have felt it myself about my fellow-creatures, at morbid times" .

“多么可怕的诗行！ … … 尽管我在病态的时候亲身感受到了我的同胞” 。

You can do this by learning a set number of lines of poetry at different times of the day, and see when most lines stick.

你可以在不同的时间段背诵诗，看哪个时间段你背的最牢。

So poor in one sense was it that he never could remember for more than a few days a single date or a line of poetry.

在某个方面甚至很糟糕，即使记下了某个日子或者一行诗歌，几天后就能忘记。