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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When God began to create heaven and earth," And there's a parenthetical clause: "God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light."

起初，上帝创造天地“,这里有一个插入语句：,“上帝说，要有光，就有了光“

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