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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2 ]9 I5 i6 z3 \3 K6 CPush off, and sitting well in order smite

7 G; }* W) W* Y! t" |. v( P8 E' }The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars，until I die.
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$ h: w6 V, {6 i. G  H* w# j5 iIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

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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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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, Q) m8 M0 t7 Q7 n/ |/ N0 H6 [( wOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

5 `9 _3 T4 i; b2 l) C) PTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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