Virgil had written a poem in the Sixth Eclogue that had touched Milton, and it had touched Milton, I think, because it begins with Virgil's own brooding meditation on the course of his poetic career.

维吉尔在里的一首诗触动了弥尔顿，之所以这首诗能够触动他，是因为那首诗是以维吉尔本身关于诗歌职业的,忧伤的沉思，开篇的。

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