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

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

, u  `+ ]: f  L' qTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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+ d# w) h- d0 p3 w# V0 E' jOf all the western stars，until I die.
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It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

/ \" q5 h, W& V% k* e0 T6 HIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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; X/ T, i# h% h6 f8 {6 ^1 sThough 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

: @3 m2 t3 b( h; J- eOne 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.