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!
　　for the soul is dead that slumbers,
" e9 n$ }5 D% ~; ^9 w# ^+ i　　And things are not what they seem.
　　Life is real! Life is earnest!
　　And the grave is not its goal;
　　Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
　　Was not spoken of the soul.
$ ^% Z) f6 u0 h　　Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
　　Is our destined end or way;
　　But to act, that each to-morrow
　　Find us farther than to-day.
  i+ v3 r3 ?' R　　Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
& p  P( s" Y. g$ F　　And our hearts, though stout and brave,
( j8 S$ ~: M* `+ O' M+ W" O  _　　Still, like muffled drums, are beating
　　Fneral marches to the grave.
" E$ ?% \' y" l& o　　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!
* C8 p# P) n  c5 t　　Let the dead Past bury its dead!
　　Act-act in the living Present!
8 s& B+ E' R7 B. w, Z+ B　　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;
9 m6 o; w1 y, h/ r% u7 q3 E　　Footprints that perhaps another,
　　Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
　　A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
2 }  ]. M+ }6 ^6 z1 ^) B( u3 n! B　　Seeing, shall take heart again.
　　Let us , then, be up and doing,
4 c+ T% C1 U* o0 O) b6 s3 l　　With a heart for any face;
$ ]6 W/ O0 [' m, h- U; q/ o　　Still achieving, still pursuing,
　　Learn to labour and to wait.