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.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

, [' M* u8 [, W# ^9 b1 z6 ]The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

' ~. @7 j! u7 g! m# o. Q& ~- BTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars，until I die.

* Z6 Q1 O  t! y, _- v6 {& q* ZIt 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

, w6 [( f: U) R6 T" dWe are not now that strength which in old days

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

7 e* w9 j. Z( f  T! E0 KOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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