It's in relation to all of these forms of lateness that we can best understand the opening invocation of Paradise Lost.

带着所有这些“晚“,我们才能很好的理解《失乐园》的开头。

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Harold Bloom has written, and I think he's absolutely right, that Milton begins Paradise Lost with a powerful defense against lateness.

哈罗德·布卢姆写道，我认为他说得对极了，他说弥尔顿,在《失乐园》的开头对这些“晚“进行了有力的辩护。

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While at the same time as I say congratulations, I want to remind you that I think it comes as no surprise given the lateness of Labor Day this year that this first test came rather early and for many of you much of this material you had seen in high school.

当我对你们表示祝贺的同时，我也想提醒你，今年晚来的劳动节,并非是什么惊喜,第一个测试来的比较早,你们中的绝大多数在高中已经见过了。

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You can think of it as this reaction to the problem of lateness that accounts for one of the invocation's most distinctive features, and that's the repetition of the word "first."

你们可以把弥尔顿在这首诗中对“晚“的回应,当做这首诗最明显的特征之一，这表现在他反复使用“初/先“一词上“

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