Today I have an interview with the Dryden academy.

今天我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话，那么蒲伯更注重是翅膀能扑扇得更久。

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

德莱登认识体系更严，蒲伯认识带有更多确定性。

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

德莱登观念源于综合推断，而蒲伯观念成因于细微观察。

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

如果说德莱登章绽放出火焰更明亮话，那么蒲伯章所散发出炽热更有规律、更持久。

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

德莱登风格变幻莫测，富于变化，而蒲伯则小心慎，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活动，而蒲伯则将内心活动置于自己创作原则之下。

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》， 还有一本奇怪德莱顿杂记， 封面上镀金都失去了光泽， 里面思想也失去了光泽。