That kind of makes sense, but there's more, of course, here than the moon to describe Satan's shield.

这能说得通了，但是除此之外，还有比月亮更适合的类比撒旦的屏障的东西。

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The moon says to him:] 'Oh, I've been scanning pond and hole And waterway hereabout For the body of one with a sunken soul Who has put his life-light out.

月亮对他说],哦，我一直在审视着池塘和地洞,还有在附近的排水沟,因为一个人的灵魂已沦陷,熄灭了他的生命之光。

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The question of providential justice is of course of primary significance to Milton's poem, but Hartman goes on to say that the moon, which reminds us of a calm and perfect sense of Providence, also works to guarantee the principal of free will.

这里，关于天佑的公平的问题,是其对于弥尔顿的诗最基本的重要性，但是哈特曼接着又说月亮是，这提醒了我们天意的冷静和完美感，月亮在这儿也是为了保障自由意志的原则。

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