The Netherlands ceases to be a great power, whereas Britain in 1707 becomes the biggest of the world powers.

随着荷兰的衰落,一七零七年,英国成为了世界的霸主

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For Stevens, when modernity takes away God what it does is unveil the poet's Godlike powers, a power to create the world through imagination, imagination which created God in the first place.

对他而言，当现代性取代了上帝的地位,它所起的作用就是解释诗人所有的神明般的力量，这是一种在想象中重塑世界的力量，这种想象最初创造出了上帝。

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