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.

# }- ]! g0 {4 J0 ]) m( DPush off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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  _# \9 I& W+ e6 |1 Y1 D7 KTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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9 S# l) Q& M# R9 aOf all the western stars，until I die.

/ f' e* y* L! _It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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  b$ C5 Q% Z2 x. [& ~It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

7 L1 ?+ Y/ {7 ~Though much is taken, much abides; and though

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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! M! F; K6 L% C) ^- LOne 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.