优美英文小诗精选：Leisure

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优美英文小诗精选：Leisure　　Leisure, thou goddess of a bygone age,
　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
4 J/ s9 j2 \0 C3 w; ^　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
7 R  G6 c) x& B1 v　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
0 E. V. s4 t5 g6 Q　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
/ B" R9 x# J* o+ Z　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
1 Y  P- b. T: o　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
; S% n& B' m; r; W* E' k; s　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
7 }4 h( R/ k4 H, C0 l　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.
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