1. The chorus was singing "The Ode to Joy." 合唱团那时正在唱着《欢乐颂》。
2. The hymn, what Milton calls the "humble ode", that follows this introduction is the poem that Milton wants to present to the Lord. 这首赞美诗，弥尔顿称之为“卑微的颂歌”，在其引言之后，是弥尔顿想要呈现给上帝的诗歌。
3. Now that he has written his Nativity Ode, Milton has fully expunged from his literary system that youthful attachment to the pagan classics. 既然弥尔顿现在已经写完他的《圣诞清晨歌》，那他就已经从自己的文学体系中除去了年轻时对异教徒经典作品的依恋。
4. A classical greek poem modeled on the choric ode and usually having a three-part structure consisting of a strophe, an antistrophe and an epode. 诗歌以便唱歌曲为模式的古希腊诗歌，具有三部分结构，包括向左舞动时唱的诗句，向右舞动时唱的诗句以及抒情诗等三部分。
