This is why he's continually placing the imaginative origin of the poem back to the very dawn of time, perhaps even back before if you can imagine such a time -- before the very dawn of time.

这就是为什么弥尔顿总是试图把想象中的这首诗的起源,推至时间开始的时候，甚至更早,-如果你们能想象这样一个时间--在时间开始之前。

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Yes and no. It was fascinating to be as Wordsworth says, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive" -to be around in those days, but at the same time I think it's rather advantageous for us to be still "in theory."

可以说会，也可以说不会,正如华兹华斯所说，“能活在那黎明时光是何等幸福“,虽然过去对人有很大吸引力，但同时我们还是,只在理论层面研究比较好“

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That's my--I own that album, I'll have you know, Rave 'Til Dawn.

我有那张专辑,以后给你们展示下,Rave 'Til Dawn

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