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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Push off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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7 a4 f; x' e' m. Y" V2 p7 OOf all the western stars，until I die.
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1 [1 e2 c( a5 X+ p  _0 I/ P5 HIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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9 j  c4 p5 R8 u; a5 U9 a5 VIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

/ |  M1 S& v- L5 _And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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- z4 j9 d! p. O6 R' `Though much is taken, much abides; and though

+ R' `8 e! q. hWe are not now that strength which in old days
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/ e' A) L& c$ u5 ]$ OMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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2 N9 O6 @6 S7 z. MOne 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.