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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" Y8 V0 m* I; u5 g6 {The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

* U0 j0 a# I* K" f( ~: [! z+ NTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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5 ?3 U* `* A4 }; ?* L, ~1 c* v3 |Of all the western stars，until I die.
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5 s% w2 c; O0 ]5 s; x. M. nIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

/ g' Y$ l* O' E" K" _4 W( NAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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7 _- F3 C4 M8 U, j+ n5 uThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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We are not now that strength which in old days

( O, F% P! z% |- S  BMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

One equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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) k5 Q3 t) `! g& U# yTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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