You'll remember it features a succession of four mourners, and we could think of each of these mourners providing Milton with an opportunity to try out a different voice.

你们会记得它写到了四名送葬者的相互交替，我们可以把他们,看作弥尔顿想要发出与世不同的论道。

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The tempo here is very slow and he slows it down even more and then it just sits out there, this huge wonderful voice that he had, on the leading tone.

速度非常缓慢,经他处理后就更慢了,余音缭绕,他在导音上展现了洪亮,精妙的歌喉

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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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