Milton can join his voice to the angel choir and have the honor of being first to greet the "Infant God."

弥尔顿能够放开歌喉有幸与天使合唱,第一个迎接主的荣光“

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They love to kind of luxuriate in the opportunity to show off their voice on a leading tone, build up expectation, make you wait even more for that tonic.

他们总是喜欢借机,在导音部分卖弄下自己的歌喉,以增加听众的期望,让大家更渴望听到主音

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The desire to be first is really central to this poem and it continues in this stanza: Have thou the honor first thy Lord to greet And join thy voice unto the Angel Choir, From out his secret Altar toucht with hallow'd fire.

想得第一的欲望是这首诗的主题,在这一段中也还是主题：,你要抢先，争取最初迎主的荣光,放开你的歌喉，宛若天使的合唱，接触神坛的圣火像是热烈的篇章。

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The tempo here is very slow and he slows it down even more and then it just sits out there, this huge wonderful voice that he had, on the leading tone.

速度非常缓慢,经他处理后就更慢了,余音缭绕,他在导音上展现了洪亮,精妙的歌喉

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