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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( ^. B5 V: R% A! XPush off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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9 n6 u8 i' k! B2 m- v$ Y3 |: pOf all the western stars，until I die.
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; k& M4 n) }0 ~5 l  {: g0 X% YIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

% D) V& U" K" {0 o, E6 {It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

; c# O, \3 O. |And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

; F- h% t4 V1 D) M2 Y+ MThough much is taken, much abides; and though

+ w7 _4 S) \- m1 BWe are not now that strength which in old days

" h  x4 x  h% F) G# uMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

One equal temper of heroic hearts，

3 Y5 {5 N5 J  G# y- VMade weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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' U0 |, Q% p# ?; ZTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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