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：

$ t3 P' }/ k( y  b'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
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Push off, and sitting well in order smite

0 H6 e" D: h7 x* u; m4 vThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

2 G8 w: M2 \0 L, U! q! Q) y+ [8 rOf all the western stars，until I die.
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$ s2 b* @5 }. d) eIt 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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- J/ L$ o8 g3 i; ^+ K# RThough 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

! N- g( I" d& WOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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  v& C/ Y7 R* D: W, ^7 WTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.