【Chat】When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman

[spacedunce-5 10]

When I heard the learn'd astronomer;

When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;

When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;

When I, sitting, heard the astronomer, where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,

How soon, unaccountable, I became tired and sick;

Till rising and gliding out, I wander'd off by myself,

In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,

Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

As administrator of the astronomy board, with an avid interest in astronomy, this poem resonates deeply with me.

[訪客]

Yeah, like you can't enjoy the beauty of stars if you know the physics behind them?!

[spacedunce-5 10]

I prefer to interpret it like this:

The mystery of the stars is what makes us want to study them, but the more we know, the less mystery they have. It's important not to forget our roots.