Another example is at the very opening of the book: The train was racing through treetops that fell away at intervals and showed the sun standing very red on the edge of the farthest woods.

在书的最开头还有一个例子：,“在树林中，火车疾驰，若隐若现,时不时地露出远方树林,边缘的火红的夕阳,一旁是弯弯曲曲。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Merritt Hughes usefully notes this in one of the notes at the bottom of the page, that Milton in that line, "things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhyme," Milton's actually alluding to the opening of another romance epic.

梅里特修斯发现,在这页最下面有一条笔记，显示弥尔顿写到，“在《散文和韵律》中都未被人们尝试过的事“,事实上弥尔顿是暗指另一部浪漫史诗的开头。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选