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.
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3 r& i9 u5 t5 V: J1 w7 P$ kPush off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars，until I die.
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2 R5 M" L8 ?! m- |, m+ l, T0 PIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

4 U2 D& |4 v: J2 \, r* u7 `: xAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though

We are not now that strength which in old days
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! z4 m$ f6 B, D6 ]Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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7 b4 _: M; l9 D1 |One equal temper of heroic hearts，

& F5 |$ }) }' J) K. ^Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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& X- e: }- D" |: nTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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