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
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5 v+ Q+ P; @. d/ uOf all the western stars，until I die.

It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

" ?6 e# v+ x. Q4 Y7 n6 D. QIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

# B$ @' ?( Q5 j4 S; u5 c( f1 Y$ MAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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! B1 C7 r4 a% b) f4 P$ [Though much is taken, much abides; and though

* v. Y/ t( f& L3 B( ?We are not now that strength which in old days

8 Z1 j6 E, T; w$ c; oMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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/ l2 u3 g7 ], ^One equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made 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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