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.

  E% k$ h- d$ m  W, _; ~Push off, and sitting well in order smite
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. ^0 y( ?9 E! }( s3 K% oThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

: ?7 |+ x9 Q/ XTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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- O5 A  C. g  XOf all the western stars，until I die.
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* z  w% Y4 _# Z; m  n# yIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

6 n& M' z# S& z7 I0 bThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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5 v% l9 s* |" Y# K" ~0 Q0 _# t( }6 k4 OWe are not now that strength which in old days
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; Z$ p" C3 D$ j4 R- B" VMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

One equal temper of heroic hearts，

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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8 g. L6 ~5 g! _To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.