圣诞清晨歌这首诗，在弥尔顿准备阶段起到一个比诗本身要大的作用。

The poem on the morning of Christ's nativity serves as Milton's preparation for something greater than itself.

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你们可以看到在《圣诞清晨歌》，的标题下有个副标题“作于1629。”

And under this title, "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," appears as you can see from your text — appears the subtitle, "composed 1629."

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当1645年出版了首个诗集，他把《圣诞清晨歌》放在最前面，就是我们今天看到的这首诗。

When in 1645 Milton finally publishes that first volume of poetry, the first poem that he places in this volume is the Nativity Ode, our poem today.

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It's fitting that the first poem of Milton's that we study in this class is "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity."

这节课我们首先学弥尔顿的,《圣诞清晨歌》是很合适的“

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The Nativity Ode is continually presenting the speaker with temptations, with incitements to sin that need to be purged from the speaker's poetic voice.

圣诞清晨歌》继续呈现给诗歌发言者一些诱惑，对罪孽的激励需要,诗歌语言发言者来净化。

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And under this title, "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," appears as you can see from your text -- appears the subtitle, "composed 1629."

你们可以看到在《圣诞清晨歌》,的标题下有个副标题“作于1629“

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