some say pretentiousness-weighing on every sentence.

有人说自命不凡沉重地压在每句话上
The allusions to Paradise Lost are part of that portentousness.

《失乐园》中的典故只是那自负的部分
Now, let me move to something smaller,

现在让我们转换到小事情上
moving a little later in the poetic tradition: Wordsworth.

在诗意的传统上更后些华兹华斯
In the opening lines of this novel, we see the line on page 3,

在小说的开篇我们看到第三页上的这行字
"All history present in that visage," the face of the kid,

所有的历史以那种容貌呈现小孩的脸
"the child, the father of the man. "

孩子是成人之父
That phrase, "The child, the father of the man,"

这个成语"孩子是成人之父"
comes from a short, little poem by William Wordsworth.

出自威廉·华兹华斯的一篇短诗
It's called "My Heart Leaps up when I Behold. "

被称作"我心雀跃"
My heart leaps up when I behold / A rainbow in the sky: / So

当天边彩虹映入眼帘我心为之雀跃
was it when my life began, / So is it now I am a man,

初生时即如此我现在仍不变