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,
　　Life is but an empty dream!
, c/ D% f3 ^+ H0 B0 j% y5 @  V　　for the soul is dead that slumbers,
　　And things are not what they seem.
　　Life is real! Life is earnest!
" E, H' a# E' @: I2 q6 {' L* V5 U　　And the grave is not its goal;
　　Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
　　Was not spoken of the soul.
　　Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
　　Is our destined end or way;
8 u- e. J$ b4 j3 Q/ O, D0 H, L# N$ l　　But to act, that each to-morrow
* \% ~, p% ~% r0 K　　Find us farther than to-day.
　　Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
( N. M% o' U1 P& ^" n) v　　And our hearts, though stout and brave,
9 U# T! H5 I% a# E4 B　　Still, like muffled drums, are beating
　　Fneral marches to the grave.
　　In the world's broad field of battle,
; i) k( c$ _) W) G. ?- X; u　　In the bivouac of Life,
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　　Be not like dumb, driven cattlt!
　　Be a hero in the strife!
8 ^0 y& \4 M# p0 r* n0 D8 m　　Thrust no future,howe'er pleasant!
　　Let the dead Past bury its dead!
, J, w$ `$ x8 O& [* G　　Act-act in the living Present!
: W: _2 ?" C' d) S　　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;
; n9 _# Z- c/ J$ k# V* t　　Footprints that perhaps another,
2 x: n' ~6 j/ o3 M　　Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
( _8 ^. q+ i/ y. R7 e3 X% X　　A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
7 u, M2 |; X1 }; D2 h  A　　Seeing, shall take heart again.
) k, y6 p$ T. U　　Let us , then, be up and doing,
  n" ]2 p& U4 P! M　　With a heart for any face;
　　Still achieving, still pursuing,
　　Learn to labour and to wait.
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