But, being a poet, and not a philosopher, Henley contented himself by stating a great truth in poetic form, leaving those who followed him to interpret the philosophical meaning of his lines.

• 虽然恒利是个诗人而非哲学家，却用诗的形式一语道破了伟大的真理，并且以此自励，诗中的哲学意味则留待继往开来的后人发扬光大。