Soon,inside the packed church, Horne's coffin was solemnly brought in, and the congregation began to sing an old spiritual hymn dear to Horne herself.

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The hymn, what Milton calls the "humble ode," that follows this introduction is the poem that Milton wants to present to the Lord.

紧接着我们介绍的颂歌“,弥尔顿叫它“谦逊的颂歌“,就是弥尔顿想给上帝看的那首诗。

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But the hymn at the same time is something like the process, the process by which Milton is attempting to purge and cleanse his poetic voice and make it a voice that will actually be equal to the extraordinary ambition that he has for it.

但颂歌同时又像一个过程，在这个过程中弥尔顿尝试净化,他诗歌的语言，把它变的,像他当初想的那样非同寻常,人人都渴望得到。

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The hymn doesn't anywhere refer to people crossing over on dry land.

在赞美诗中并没有提到人们从地面上穿过海洋。

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As soon as Milton describes for us the events in heaven that lead up to the Nativity, he begins the this is the prelude of the poem, it's broken up in to two chunks: the prelude and then what Milton calls the hymn he begins the third stanza of the prelude to his poem with a plea to the Heavenly Muse for inspiration.

弥尔顿一给我们描述引导基督诞生的天堂的事情,他就开始描述,这就是诗歌的开端，分为两部分：,这个开端还有弥尔顿称之为颂歌的部分,他开篇的第三段用了,对天国的缪斯寻求创作灵感的请愿。

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204 So the stele of Merneptah dates to about 1204, and in this victory hymn he's boasting of his victory over various groups in Canaan, and one of the groups he claims to have defeated is Israel.

因此Merneptah石碑可以追溯至，而在这首胜利颂歌中,他在炫耀对迦南部族的胜利，他也提到一个被打败的部族是以色列。

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