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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6 {# a; T3 y: ^3 FPush off, and sitting well in order smite

5 Y& o# Q' C/ M9 b( mThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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. d) [; x# u* G0 DTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

' e6 @6 ?- {9 ~4 h6 ?; gOf all the western stars，until I die.

It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

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

We are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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7 f5 P8 S* B& u  qOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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) d. k5 l, }# R# w+ q2 [Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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) Z, E8 i2 C; J: O9 V& i; M' ATo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.