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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'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
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Push off, and sitting well in order smite
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# [% g* u( I) D$ V1 VThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

4 m! b* V) }4 h# k  V3 k1 lTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

  {- p. y7 f; [  \' e" tOf all the western stars，until I die.

: ]; [4 d5 C4 l2 ?It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

0 J. L3 P4 m8 S2 o3 G  XThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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We are not now that strength which in old days
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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; h4 L  q1 c- d  t+ c7 fOne equal temper of heroic hearts，

* s( m' T2 t% i/ k& ZMade weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.