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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　　Tell me not in mournful numbers,
0 v! R4 p8 X! }　　Life is but an empty dream!
　　for the soul is dead that slumbers,
2 m  c* _  A* m* e, j　　And things are not what they seem.
' G- h6 z9 r8 r　　Life is real! Life is earnest!
; u, z% P2 r* @4 O# z- _; e& [　　And the grave is not its goal;
1 b) f) m0 X# D7 O/ `6 T　　Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
　　Was not spoken of the soul.
　　Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
　　Is our destined end or way;
- Y2 m* Y% N" T' _( J; d9 o　　But to act, that each to-morrow
: K+ H* }. a  a/ M　　Find us farther than to-day.
; v. o9 K, b7 F) j* a0 R; C　　Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
& w- q' d$ V, U3 ?3 n) ^/ c　　And our hearts, though stout and brave,
2 K. Y/ O1 h# o　　Still, like muffled drums, are beating
　　Fneral marches to the grave.
3 N+ E2 T9 O1 Z2 n' e! c　　In the world's broad field of battle,
% r3 \! n; f8 i1 V. U7 x, N( m　　In the bivouac of Life,

　　Be not like dumb, driven cattlt!
　　Be a hero in the strife!
　　Thrust no future,howe'er pleasant!
+ U# j* I3 b( V1 j- E　　Let the dead Past bury its dead!
9 q$ M: z# Y% g6 E　　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,
* ]8 g/ z# R+ j3 M/ ^  n　　And , departing , leave behind us
　　Footprints on the sands of time;
6 G3 [5 H: ~  a/ r0 m　　Footprints that perhaps another,
6 W% t8 m; z9 d8 O, S+ p　　Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
7 b* M* P5 h) }1 M- j/ R　　A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
　　Seeing, shall take heart again.
% ]2 R3 D$ D) h  u  \　　Let us , then, be up and doing,
; o- s5 f' ]2 W$ m1 f1 n5 e: L4 k　　With a heart for any face;
$ M7 G) s; S4 O! n& U3 B: c　　Still achieving, still pursuing,
, b" i, _8 S6 |# {$ t7 j7 ?; f　　Learn to labour and to wait.
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