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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Push off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars，until I die.

It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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5 }8 ~( t" ?' Z: ~It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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4 w. A0 f& S* }# U6 r4 z; J! ^$ DAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though

6 r3 J  c" c) V' u8 u7 n/ aWe are not now that strength which in old days

& v3 @" Y4 F+ j9 f/ RMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

  f) c! ?6 b1 m& d9 ?5 W+ J1 G% MOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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3 L/ i  N+ N  Y$ S# m, D; L& bMade 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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