晨读英文经典诗歌：Leisure

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晨读英文经典诗歌：Leisure

2 W( M& s+ }: i　　Leisure, thou goddess of a bygone age,
9 l0 F3 a9 Y9 F5 g: r# R　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
1 J! b. k1 N; I8 d8 z& z　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
: S( W+ D) g) T( q) d6 g  v8 A　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
  K1 L: n8 Z) K1 i. V! _　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.

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