So Milton implies to Diodati that he isn't yet up to the task of epic, but as he describes the Nativity Ode that he's just written, it's almost as if he considers it something of a mini-epic.

所以弥尔顿暗示迪奥达蒂自己还不能完成创作史诗的任务，但他提到了他刚写完的《圣诞清晨歌》,好像这就是一篇迷你史诗。

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