I take this to be an undeniable fact, but this is easy for us to say - it's easy for us to say that it's Milton's memory which is the fount of so much of the poem's erudition.

我认为这是无可辩驳的，但我们可以轻易地说,我们可以说那是弥尔顿的记忆,作为了这部诗篇如此广博知识的源泉。

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