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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5 F4 E% ]* x, \" }5 Z6 E) m( Q: PPush off, and sitting well in order smite
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' h9 ^( m" T5 S/ `' }The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

0 \# v- A( r# FTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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" }  @6 D: a; N2 p! R7 nOf 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.
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% }, B- Z5 e1 @. m* }Though much is taken, much abides; and though

* Y5 ]$ _! |/ }* s* \. ]! T$ ]We are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

" @* t8 f2 y' C4 h* o( Y2 nOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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+ n2 K+ y' H0 C0 s- v% STo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.