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.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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  w+ R; X7 v) u, Y6 uTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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3 O/ x' r6 S+ R: DOf all the western stars，until I die.

- R/ Y) i4 I0 @& e: F( cIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

$ V9 i' y3 ]& w8 sAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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$ h  C! q; N6 h1 v6 b/ y9 GThough much is taken, much abides; and though

% d6 C3 h2 |+ U& z) E, n2 NWe are not now that strength which in old days
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9 @  i7 F9 e5 F" N$ J6 a* WMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

' W2 X5 c* R% t* S# mOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

$ E  w& c* K8 w, C. DTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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