然而，这一切都不是真的；这只猫没有表姐，也没有被请去做教母。

All this, however, was untrue; the cat had no cousin, and had not been asked to be godmother.

youdao

我神志清醒，可总觉得一切都不是真的。

I was aware of everything, but I felt it wasn't really happening.

youdao

但这一切都不是真的好吗？

But none of it's real. Ok?

youdao

Just as Richards says, there's always something kind of archaic or atavistic about poetic thinking. It's not just that - it's not trying to tell the truth, as Sidney said-- "nothing lieth because it never affirmeth."

就像Richards说的，关于诗意的思考，总有些事情过时了,诗歌并非,拒绝陈述事实，正如Sidney说的-,“没有伪造的东西因为一切都不是真的“

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