There's every indication that Milton believed, as I had mentioned before, at an unconscionably early age, that poetry was his vocation.

就像我之前说过的，有很多的迹象表明，弥尔顿在很早之前就相信诗人就是他的天职。

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At a very early age, Milton brooded on his poetic vocation as if it were an actual calling from God.

在很早的时候，弥尔顿就在沉思他的诗歌事业,就像是来自上帝真实的召唤。

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