After reading the complete Shakespeare, it is a natural continuation to go on to read the complete Milton. Outside the core of Paradise Lost/Regained, Samson Agonistes is another gem, and Lycidas is of course a classic poem. The way Milton uses English the language exalts it into the profundity of Latin. One feels Milton's words are of sanctified origins; it feels…
…doctrine. It's a text meant to teach people how to think, so that they would overthrow their kings and noble rulers and rule themselves, just as Milton portrayed in his last writing (a rewrite of the story of Samson Agonistes).
读完全套莎士比亚之后，顺理成章的下一步就是去读全套弥尔顿。除了核心的《失乐园》/《复乐园》之外，《力士参孙》（Samson Agonistes）也是一颗明珠，而《利西达斯》（Lycidas）自然也是一首经典诗篇。弥尔顿驾驭英语的方式，将其升华到了拉丁语般的高深莫测。让人觉得弥尔顿的文字仿佛出自神圣之源；感觉…
After reading the complete Shakespeare, it is a natural continuation to go on to read the complete Milton. Outside the core of Paradise Lost/Regained, Samson Agonistes is another gem, and Lycidas is of course a classic poem. The way Milton uses English the language exalts it into the profundity of Latin. One feels Milton's words are of sanctified origins; it feels…
…教条。这是一本旨在教会人们如何思考的读物，好让他们推翻君王和贵族统治者并实现自治，正如弥尔顿在其最后的作品（重写《力士参孙》（Samson Agonistes）的故事）中所描绘的那样。
…doctrine. It's a text meant to teach people how to think, so that they would overthrow their kings and noble rulers and rule themselves, just as Milton portrayed in his last writing (a rewrite of the story of Samson Agonistes).
《复乐园》和《力士参孙》出版时，约翰·弥尔顿已经 63 岁了。
John Milton was 63 when Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes were published.