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.

0 T) B4 b# ^- O5 t' `( f( o8 y2 ~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
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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;
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3 `" ^: T& G9 I: y( fIt may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,

- s3 Y$ z/ |. x# P3 S: d0 wAnd see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

' q& \! [3 W4 _$ c6 l8 |2 A" eThough much is taken, much abides; and though
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We are not now that strength which in old days
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

0 g, o% L% |7 uOne equal temper of heroic hearts，

# k0 {9 m9 I6 v4 @Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

1 j) i! `6 ?3 V& _6 R7 ~, kTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.