In the poem that we looked at last time that was the poem Ad Patrem that Milton had addressed to his father Milton was attempting, as you remember, to justify to his father his own interest in becoming a poet.

上节课我们读的诗《Ad，Patrem》,是弥尔顿写给他父亲的,正如你们所记得的，弥尔顿正尝试着向父亲证明自己成为诗人的潜力。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You remember he's written his father in "Ad Patrem" that the trade, the vocation of poetry -- it may be homely and slighted in his father's eyes, but it was of course worth all of Milton's time, all of Milton's uncessant care and investment.

他在写给父亲的Ad，Patrem中说，写诗这个职业在父亲看来或许,简单无趣，却值得弥尔顿付出所有的时间，精力，和投资。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选