In your RIS packet, I gave you the short poem "Two Songs from a Play." The first stanza of that interesting poem repeats themes from "The Magi" and "The Second Coming."

我给你们的资料里有首短诗,一出剧里的两支歌,这首有趣的诗的第一节重复了,东方三贤和二次圣临的主题“

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The desire to be first is really central to this poem and it continues in this stanza: Have thou the honor first thy Lord to greet And join thy voice unto the Angel Choir, From out his secret Altar toucht with hallow'd fire.

想得第一的欲望是这首诗的主题,在这一段中也还是主题：,你要抢先，争取最初迎主的荣光,放开你的歌喉，宛若天使的合唱，接触神坛的圣火像是热烈的篇章。

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