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

0 B  h& v; S! X" {" RThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

0 ~0 s# f, W0 k3 _. C5 fTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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Of all the western stars，until I die.
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It 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.

  i. ]2 D+ e5 ^8 bThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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3 I9 _4 i4 A1 t& w, H" LWe are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

" I* [$ W! Y9 k9 [0 H  x  {/ TOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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7 I/ v1 n" Y" I" E! \2 M! GMade weak by time and fate, but strong in will

" D: b# a) s: N( M3 KTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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