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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' a& B; x7 O9 g& s) pThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars，until I die.
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It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

% c4 |* t5 m% f. i* ^It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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( Y; ]  a, `% c1 X( q2 pThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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1 c1 l# S4 |/ Q- f. uWe are not now that strength which in old days
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

4 b) M( N  Q0 T/ |One equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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- z- o" B8 P6 a+ ZTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.