Today I have an interview with the Dryden academy.

今天我要去德莱顿学院进行一场面试。

If the flights of Dryden are higher, Pope continues longer on the wing.

如果说德莱登能飞得更高的话，那么蒲伯更注重的是翅膀能扑扇得更久。

There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, more certainty in that of Pope.

德莱登的认识体系更严谨，要比蒲伯的认识带有更多的确定性。

The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, those of Pope by minute attention.

德莱登的观念源于综合推断，而蒲伯的观念成因于细微的观察。

If, of Dryden's fire, the blaze is brighter, of Pope's the heat is more regular and constant.

如果说德莱登的文章绽放出的火焰更明亮的话，那么蒲伯的文章所散发出的炽热更有规律、更持久。

The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope cautious and uniform.

德莱登的风格变幻莫测，富于变化，而蒲伯的则小心谨慎，趋于单一。

Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition.

德莱登恪守自己内心的活动，而蒲伯则将内心活动置于自己的创作原则之下。

There was a volume of Pope, with the Rape of the Lock in it, and another of the Tatler, and an odd one of Dryden's Miscellanies, all with tarnished gilding on their covers, and thoughts of tarnished brilliancy inside.

还有另一本《闲谈家》， 还有一本奇怪的德莱顿杂记， 封面上的镀金都失去了光泽， 里面的思想也失去了光泽。