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.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

( i" U: {& A% b& A& `2 Y4 L2 yOf all the western stars，until I die.
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- V) k& t1 V4 F, UIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

1 n& r$ }6 k1 ]# x- C  }5 CThough much is taken, much abides; and though

We are not now that strength which in old days
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& Y  P& |: m3 D  g; V* j' AMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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  P, E+ u# a: n* D, s* J& L2 EOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

. p/ T, G! {3 \; h! O4 hTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.