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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7 _. I" y+ e( v+ u) PPush off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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  s. z# m) c$ P) ?To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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Of all the western stars，until I die.
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It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

: n' M! `9 H" gIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
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' Z8 P# r! `8 u. b( F9 {/ d5 I& kThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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6 C7 \9 \6 N7 K' z- X' vWe are not now that strength which in old days
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+ `  v1 d4 _* y4 P9 z# J6 ZMoved 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

9 T  y7 [' @7 m3 U6 FTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.