英文传记From Far Formosa，第一章的 ”Early years of the author ” 的第一段有如
下的原文如下，可跟上面台语诗/歌词比较，台语诗的部分可说直接引用此文的粗斜体字
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“FAR Formosa is dear to my heart. On that island the best of my years have
been spent. There the interest of my life has been centered. I love to look
up to its lofty peaks, down into its yawning chasms, and away out on its
surging sea. I love its dark-skinned people—Chinese, Pepohoan, and
savage