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

+ c1 u0 `4 T+ O# \1 M$ q1 _  ~The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

* @# [' x! r  FTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

9 {) R3 t& |3 [" `Of all the western stars，until I die.
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$ l* E- u! y" H( X( C6 l' {4 ^It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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7 J8 \( g5 q7 [# X; h" r6 AAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
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We are not now that strength which in old days
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' f2 Z* X! h8 B$ |$ FMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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& D5 ^5 O- M, Y; P! N: o4 P2 XOne equal temper of heroic hearts，

* O7 }0 E- `; k& E1 Y) x: \* YMade 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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