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

& M+ V) a: o$ U7 C* h1 ~. _- m　　Tell me not in mournful numbers,
# c7 [( B& s# x( W7 n( ~8 w　　Life is but an empty dream!
　　for the soul is dead that slumbers,
　　And things are not what they seem.
7 @2 t2 [& U2 B2 E2 r0 I* e　　Life is real! Life is earnest!
5 h8 N* e1 O: L　　And the grave is not its goal;
　　Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
　　Was not spoken of the soul.
　　Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
& F+ E2 I  [6 s3 ^) W8 e5 B　　Is our destined end or way;
　　But to act, that each to-morrow
　　Find us farther than to-day.
4 O% [) m! b* I　　Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
& i  U7 O! l9 M　　And our hearts, though stout and brave,
　　Still, like muffled drums, are beating
　　Fneral marches to the grave.
8 ~% y4 w$ C0 x5 n1 s, |6 P　　In the world's broad field of battle,
" Z* U8 M0 |0 ^' A5 @8 }　　In the bivouac of Life,
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　　Be not like dumb, driven cattlt!
　　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!
　　Heart within, and God o'erhead!
　　Lives of great men all remind us
　　We can make our lives sublime,
　　And , departing , leave behind us
　　Footprints on the sands of time;
- E# T/ j. q; f& w3 u4 B' M/ m　　Footprints that perhaps another,
& s; e" q6 E$ I! E( O　　Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
3 f+ l: M; f5 P$ k+ r　　A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
7 c3 H* J" z3 b. I: g7 A　　Seeing, shall take heart again.
; k1 Z. v. r9 ]1 P　　Let us , then, be up and doing,
! J  f# t$ a+ K" X) S5 C　　With a heart for any face;
0 C$ O  }, m# I  Q　　Still achieving, still pursuing,
　　Learn to labour and to wait.
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