WHEN, a few years ago, word came that British bird lovers anxious about the decline of the house sparrow had appointed a sparrow tsar, it seemed that the tsar vogue must have reached its zenith.

几年前，当传闻英国爱鸟者们忧心忡忡于家雀的灭绝而指定了一名“麻雀沙皇”时，似乎“沙皇热”已经达到了顶峰。

If a Sparrow enters a house it is an omen of death to one who lives there.

如果麻雀进入房子，就表明这里的一个住户就要死去。

Copies of all editions of his work published by the Black Sparrow Press are held at Western Michigan University, which purchased the archive of the publishing house after its closure in 2003.

西密歇根大学陈列着黑雀出版社为其出版的所有作品的样书，在黑雀出版社2003年关闭之后，西密歇根大学购买了该出版社的档案。

The old woman was looking for the sparrow's house and a sparrow appeared.

正当老婆婆寻找麻雀住处的时候，出现了一只麻雀。

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

我躺在床上警醒着，就像屋顶上孤单的麻雀。