经典英文短诗精选：Before Dawn

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经典英文短诗精选：Before Dawn　　Life! Austere arbiter of each man's fate,
　　By whom he learns that Nature's steadfast laws
　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
$ S, M' K- D3 e* P3 p/ T- k　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
5 u8 ^- g1 }. Y  \; R  d' l1 ~% m　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
, [" {- I% e. [　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
) |; u, h, L% D2 c8 P& x( [- h, `　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
" e5 n7 i0 E. c5 `7 \9 o1 N2 M　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
: K% @5 N; i. f# D$ L+ k　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.

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