He wrote -- and this too is in the packet -- he wrote: Listen, Diodati, but in secret lest thy blush, and let me talk to you grandiloquently for a while.

他写道--这也在阅读材料里--他写道：,听着，迪奥达蒂，但要悄悄的，以免你会脸红，让我对你说说大话。

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I was therefore afraid and I went and hid thy talent in the earth.

我害怕失去它，所以把它藏在了地下。

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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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