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.
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Push off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

3 r9 o; q4 O( T- J; p9 O: Q: |Of all the western stars，until I die.
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) I! }1 B: ]5 y) uIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

, U$ d, x  k4 rIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

+ x9 ?( }3 A$ _( f9 mAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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6 \6 e0 J% V7 OThough much is taken, much abides; and though

! R2 J+ w/ E& I& ?* i' i; {We are not now that strength which in old days

( ^9 |7 K0 @5 v0 lMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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/ n  x' {; h% JOne equal temper of heroic hearts，

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.