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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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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3 h. w) k6 ~' xOf all the western stars，until I die.
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6 _5 U4 a1 p7 n; N) QIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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: |6 X! d8 n. F2 D- [4 j- \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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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.