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.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

. R# I4 w" v/ HThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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' l+ F" I: e* L  l% i3 TTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

' I0 o9 T( ^; |; G% P4 m* kOf all the western stars，until I die.

It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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* ]( j! |6 K% y5 s) U0 TThough much is taken, much abides; and though

% j7 D0 x4 C' yWe are not now that strength which in old days
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

& A/ w. W. u# v. V4 f3 U0 _& V: WOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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; A$ Z5 X/ S" e! k: y; T" Y% ?4 vMade weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.