What does the poet try to say in the above quoted lines?

Reading Comprehension 
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English.“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 quoted 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】：本题考查本段引文的中心思想：我生在这片土地上，长在这片土地上，从现在起，我要把我的一生献给这个国家。