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

3 T3 k  s/ }2 n4 w# s) o0 [/ xThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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8 b% g2 H1 O+ ?0 n- n5 o; ]Of all the western stars，until I die.
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4 G5 y$ s+ J* I5 ]0 u1 g& zIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
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* G2 C+ }1 y( Z6 F2 B4 c, ^& G  I8 i# fIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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" k1 _5 E0 o4 Y1 n$ AAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
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We are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are
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Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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7 ]0 G) o6 _' n, I7 P* kTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
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