I dreamed myself was pretty Paris, plucked by Aphrodite from the field and dropped into Helen's naked lap.

我梦见我自己是帅气的帕里斯，被阿弗洛狄特,从地上拽起来，跌落到海伦的裸露的两腿之间。

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So this is Virgil: "When I was fain to sing of kings and battles, the Cynthian god" -that's Phoebus Apollo -- "plucked my ear and warned me."

这就是维吉尔所写的：“我欣然乐意着笔于国王与战争“,“而辛西亚那之神“,即为阿波罗-“在我耳边低声警告我“

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