Rarely have I found any of their age, on whom nature has so freely bestowed the elements of psalmody; and surely, surely, there are none who neglect them more.

我很少发现他们这个时代的任何人，大自然如此自由地赋予了赞美诗的元素；可以肯定的是，没有人比他们更忽视它们了。

" Is he, then, much practiced in the art of psalmody" ? demanded her simple companion.

“那么，他在赞美诗的艺术上有很多实践吗”？要求她简单的同伴。

" I am an unworthy instructor in the art of psalmody" .

“我是赞美诗艺术中不值得的”。

His lurking Indians were suddenly converted into four-footed beasts; his lake into a beaver pond; his cataract into a dam, constructed by those industrious and ingenious quadrupeds; and a suspected enemy into his tried friend, David Gamut, the master of psalmody.

他潜伏的印第安人突然变成了四足野兽；他的湖变成了海狸池；他的白内障变成了一座水坝，由那些勤劳机智的四足动物建造；和一个可疑的敌人变成了他久经考验的朋友，圣歌大大卫·盖穆特。