颂歌,指赞美祝颂的诗歌。见唐·宋璟 《谢赐宴表》:“欣欢之声,浃於亿兆,衔感之至,形於颂歌。”古希腊时期,颂歌是为重大仪式写作的诗歌,运用华美的合唱形式,伴有舞蹈和乐器演奏。
这首赞美诗,弥尔顿称之为“卑微的颂歌”,在其引言之后,是弥尔顿想要呈现给上帝的诗歌。
The hymn, what Milton calls the "humble ode", that follows this introduction is the poem that Milton wants to present to the Lord.
The hymn, what Milton calls the "humble ode," that follows this introduction is the poem that Milton wants to present to the Lord.
紧接着我们介绍的颂歌“,弥尔顿叫它“谦逊的颂歌“,就是弥尔顿想给上帝看的那首诗。
This was no Saint Francis with enough time to knock out a few canticles or to preach to the birds or do any of the other endearing things so close to Franny Glass's heart.
圣人弗朗西斯没有足够的时间去,来唱颂歌或者向鸟儿告解或者做任何,其他讨喜的事情,正合弗兰尼的心意。
But it's almost as if Milton were tempted now to make himself go even further back, to write a humble ode that he could place at the feet of the Creator, the Creator at the moment of the actual creation of the entire universe.
但弥尔顿那时好像,要把自己放回比那还要早的年代,来写一篇谦逊的颂歌安放在造物主的脚下,那时的造物主实际就是创造天地万物的神。
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