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
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6 n- n1 h5 \$ H5 A$ b　　Tell me not in mournful numbers,
- b$ F2 [' V1 d& ^& }　　Life is but an empty dream!
　　for the soul is dead that slumbers,
　　And things are not what they seem.
　　Life is real! Life is earnest!
. U, A( z/ V; S　　And the grave is not its goal;
3 v0 N- L/ y# p" G" s  E& ^$ T$ S　　Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
　　Was not spoken of the soul.
! B9 ~  f5 }- ]0 i8 }　　Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
2 {: d3 b# r" {2 L　　Is our destined end or way;
9 b6 d7 r0 T, z' Y　　But to act, that each to-morrow
. }* \* U- X( a　　Find us farther than to-day.
& M6 g: K2 x% f6 z5 j: t　　Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
　　And our hearts, though stout and brave,
　　Still, like muffled drums, are beating
# ~$ ^! @" F6 i　　Fneral marches to the grave.
　　In the world's broad field of battle,
　　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;
2 N# w; J, r, b) v+ k9 ]　　Footprints that perhaps another,
9 s6 C) f0 C$ t" l5 e3 Z　　Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
( h. f: ]6 W% q" F; u# ^　　A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
　　Seeing, shall take heart again.
3 r* j5 i! T' Z3 a　　Let us , then, be up and doing,
　　With a heart for any face;
　　Still achieving, still pursuing,
$ |" N* e3 W0 j, ~" W! P　　Learn to labour and to wait.
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