The Old Testament prophet had said, "All flesh is grass," an important verse for the new dispensation of Christianity.

旧约里说，“凡有血气的，尽都如草“,这是基督教教义新体系中的重要一条。

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After the long sway of Theocritus' and Virgil's pastorals, ; of course Christianity entered the scene,a new dispensation; and Christianity began to load this pastoral literary tradition with its own set of associations.

在维吉尔等两人对田园诗的长久统治之后，基督教义作为新的统治思想兴起了;,并且开始以它自身的一套体系,附在田园诗的文学传统之上。

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