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.

  i) F+ j$ \5 APush off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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7 \- C- {- E" p2 T7 ]To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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Of all the western stars，until I die.
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1 K' f% n0 j& G" E+ g) C' s6 p9 MIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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) h0 W8 q9 n" I" S7 m1 I" d( fAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

! D* B' \2 o  k. {( X  ^" zThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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We are not now that strength which in old days

/ H' i! n: G5 k# X  u( JMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

/ T4 M4 W5 U- [5 l  l" Y0 [& \One equal temper of heroic hearts，
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9 U) p- H" r6 _! [Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.