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,
8 U9 Q: c. I& s- e　　By whom he learns that Nature's steadfast laws
6 f' @8 ?8 ]3 n. `" z3 `　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
& H# r' O' N3 D　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
9 m  c2 \6 p  S' h　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
* p  X! V5 ~8 ?* X5 u" k$ o- q) z/ r　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
& y: Z6 l8 }: F% L/ I& B　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
1 U" |$ x" ]+ T+ U　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.
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