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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Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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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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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
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- T# u6 i  o3 H' R8 tWe are not now that strength which in old days
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0 V' m( p* }& s0 {8 P- gMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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One equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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, A/ n+ G3 \2 \$ }4 \" DTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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