But Milton's calling -- this is what John Milton knew his calling was to be a famous English poet, a famous English poet writing in English: a calling that he holds despite the fact that he appears to have written next to nothing in English verse.

但弥尔顿知道上帝对他的召唤,是成为一个有名的英语诗人，一个用英语写作的英语诗人：,他必须服从这个召唤,尽管他看上去不会写任何英语诗歌。

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It engages the ancient art of pastoral poetry initiated and made famous by the great Greek poet Theocritus, which was later imitated by Moscus and then finally by the Roman poet Virgil in his celebrated pastoral eclogues.

它沿用了古老的田园诗艺术,田园文学是由希腊伟大诗人忒奥克里托斯创始并发扬开来的，后来为摩斯科斯所模仿，最终,罗马诗人维吉尔的著名田园诗也是模仿的此诗体。

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