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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# Y8 r8 B( G$ o& [. `  o" N3 tPush off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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2 y7 ^3 }9 g8 GTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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$ F8 n. ~5 a  c( aOf all the western stars，until I die.

# T% o" C# ?" M( m4 LIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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6 E1 g* B+ Q0 q9 Y' x# JIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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4 j$ T3 T& U0 q: Y+ A& O$ iAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

$ P: ~7 B$ b. w  J3 {2 X& xThough much is taken, much abides; and though

* c7 [5 Z% ~# o# \" K' U  fWe are not now that strength which in old days
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

0 ^; C3 m+ W) M7 KOne equal temper of heroic hearts，
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  M4 g/ @% |3 t- s5 BMade 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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