oration to what end I know not, then or now,

不论何时我们无从知晓演说的结束语了
and he concluded with the tellin us

他告诉我们我们的大地之母
that our mother earth as he said was round like an egg and

正如他说的那样是圆的像个鸡蛋似地
contained all good things within her.

而且包含着所有美好的事物
Then he turned and led the horse

接着他转身骑着那匹马
he had been ridin across that terrain of black and glassy slag,

穿过黑黑的像玻璃一样的熔渣地带
treacherous to men and beast alike,

像人与兽一样变化莫测
and us behind him like the disciples of a new faith.

而在他身后的我们像一群有新信仰的门徒
So, the oration urging them to see

演说激励他们来看清楚
in the earth all the things they need:

他们所需要的地球上的所有生物
exactly out of Paradise Lost. And then,

准确的说是《失乐园》之外的
a little further down the page, you see that Tobin speculates about

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