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：
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'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
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Push off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

9 I- W0 ^4 i2 \3 eTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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Of all the western stars，until I die.
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It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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Though much is taken, much abides; and though
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8 w% A) K* G/ UWe are not now that strength which in old days
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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4 ?/ y; C: I, y8 kOne equal temper of heroic hearts，

; `* v; S9 P* O2 Y' @/ aMade weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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