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.

0 A" m" C* j( ~5 ]8 f1 h' LPush off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

% `, m% y+ G' k' [6 ATo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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7 J' ^  U( _) z; p, b& n! fOf all the western stars，until I die.

It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

- t, _1 E) v: BAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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4 o6 H% q7 }# B( [, e' UThough much is taken, much abides; and though

& r& S* g% P3 m: JWe 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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One equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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% Y$ M% c( O% d& I  O8 YTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.