My friends are gone, but that's a truth Nor grave nor bed denied, -- Learned in bodily lowliness And in the heart's pride.

美丑唇齿相依,心的高傲和肉的低贱，都证实这条真理,我伙伴们虽死，但否认它。

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The great Milton, a grave author, brings in Adam thus speaking to Eve in Paradise Lost , "Oh, fairest of creation, last and best of all God's works."

伟大的弥尔顿，严肃的作家，在《失乐园》中,让亚当对夏娃如是说，“哦，最美丽的生物，上帝最后却是最好的作品“

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