Milton, who is writing at the present moment of December of 1629, is claiming the capacity to arrive at a moment in history that he has already described as a long-completed one.

这首诗作于1629年12月，这时弥尔顿正在慢慢具备他达到历史性时刻的能力,而这时他也已经被这样称赞着。

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As early as 1629 Milton is thinking of himself as a poet who has not yet published.

629年弥尔顿刚把自己）,看作是一个诗人,但他那时并没出版什么诗。

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His first book was a translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, which he completed in 1629; Thucydides, the great historian of the Peloponnesian War, who we mentioned before when we talked about Plato.

他第一本书是对',修昔底斯《伯罗奔尼撒战争》的译著，这本书于1629年完成;,修昔底斯，伯罗奔尼撒战争中伟大的历史学家，这个人在我们之前讨论柏拉图时提到过。

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