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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3 l8 V( g7 b& O- \+ {) JPush off, and sitting well in order smite
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The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
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/ D" `' o5 _/ v3 WTo sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
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" |/ ]) z1 H6 b4 a' aOf all the western stars，until I die.

& S! L0 a: B$ I' |It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;

" c- D+ s7 @; h4 n3 B+ l* M0 _It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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5 A& A4 k& p: U) y# _And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

: \8 R' ^6 ^) BThough much is taken, much abides; and though

We are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are

One equal temper of heroic hearts，
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$ ]5 ^/ D1 E# N# LMade weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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6 l5 w- a, F: b4 y0 J4 xTo strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.