What does the poet try to say in

Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.“My tongue，every atom of my blood，form’d from this soil， this air,/Born here of parents born here from parents the same， and their parents the same?/I,now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,/Hoping to cease not till death. 
What does the poet try to say in the above four lines?
【正确答案】：

I WAS BORN AND NURTURED BY THIS LAND AND SHALL FROM NOW ON DEVOTE MY WHOLE LIFE TO THE COUNTRY.

【题目解析】：I was born and nurtured by this land and shall from now on devote my whole life to the country.