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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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

6 X* x7 q, f7 X9 e$ ETo 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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" D+ s8 s' @5 jIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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1 b/ F; t6 P" F0 K+ j: H" AThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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- I# m: d6 o" G0 i8 YWe are not now that strength which in old days

Moved 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

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