经典外国英文诗歌：生之赞歌

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经典外国英文诗歌：生之赞歌

　　Tell me not in mournful numbers,
8 V% B0 G" }# _3 y6 i% R8 q/ q! @7 O　　Life is but an empty dream!
　　for the soul is dead that slumbers,
9 g% e) m( u! j) r- ]1 _　　And things are not what they seem.
7 A6 x, \$ t" E1 w2 z# W　　Life is real! Life is earnest!
　　And the grave is not its goal;
8 e+ L4 D2 K- s$ I. v% c　　Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
　　Was not spoken of the soul.
　　Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
　　Is our destined end or way;
　　But to act, that each to-morrow
　　Find us farther than to-day.
　　Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
　　And our hearts, though stout and brave,
　　Still, like muffled drums, are beating
　　Fneral marches to the grave.
: @( D( U* y! E# q. c" ?　　In the world's broad field of battle,
- S# D* K  I: k. m　　In the bivouac of Life,
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　　Be not like dumb, driven cattlt!
2 V, A1 G8 ]* L; G　　Be a hero in the strife!
　　Thrust no future,howe'er pleasant!
　　Let the dead Past bury its dead!
　　Act-act in the living Present!
  }/ C4 z  i" T: w4 ^3 s　　Heart within, and God o'erhead!
　　Lives of great men all remind us
  s" @  r" q$ B5 D$ ^8 v　　We can make our lives sublime,
2 d& X/ l6 X5 H; \　　And , departing , leave behind us
5 Y; W5 n1 T7 s3 t5 H! G# f　　Footprints on the sands of time;
- ^* x/ U, H. {　　Footprints that perhaps another,
　　Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
　　A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
　　Seeing, shall take heart again.
/ @8 R7 _% B; ]# B) h　　Let us , then, be up and doing,
　　With a heart for any face;
( I% y: A% |! `- o8 b　　Still achieving, still pursuing,
4 J" c2 i* b: Q( E$ h8 W　　Learn to labour and to wait.
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