In the second verse paragraph, Milton tells his father: "do not despise divine poetry, creation of the prophetic bard.

在诗的第二段，弥尔顿对他父亲说：,不要轻视神圣的诗歌，诗人预示性的创作。

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Peter was the first child of his father's second wife and thus a potential threat to the ambition of the relatives of the first wife.

彼得是他父亲与其第二任妻子的长子,因此对第一任妻子的亲戚们而言,彼得是他们的一个潜在威胁

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