丁尼生 《尤利西斯》 节选

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本杰明格雷厄姆八十岁生日爬梯上对儿孙们做了个演讲，演讲最后以这一段诗作结尾。这首诗是写老年的，不过我看了后觉得很受激励，就抄录下来以作自勉：

'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

  }% w% @$ x0 h8 pPush off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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& U$ i2 Z0 q% ~8 e6 n% ~Of all the western stars，until I die.

0 Z& M3 W. q5 w, ^5 V& w* H4 h4 c' EIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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/ E2 m6 `2 z1 N, h3 Z3 v. _It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

5 q5 r# }$ w+ s2 u) SAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
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We are not now that strength which in old days

2 a& J* q. q8 w$ K/ ^" ]. ?Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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! g5 c5 ~! r) \8 Y( XOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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* O' D5 ~5 p. j9 @# R! [: ^Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.