Yet once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never sere, I come to pluck your Berries harsh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

我再一次来，月桂树啊,棕色的番石榴和常青藤的绿叶啊，在成熟之前，来强摘你们的果子，我不得已伸出我这粗鲁的手指，来震落你们这些嫩黄的叶子。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The laurels and the myrtles that he addresses here are, of course, the traditional plants classically associated with great poets; but for Milton in this passage, importantly these plants simply aren't ripe yet.

诗中提到的月桂树和常青藤，传统上常常与伟大诗人相联系;,但在弥尔顿的这首诗，重要的是这些植物尚未成熟。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选