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,
9 k+ d$ D8 A" ~3 w! v　　By whom he learns that Nature's steadfast laws
+ M( ]% b( y- U" f　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
4 ?2 a- q' e% j/ f; t( |　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
- K7 G$ l" Q4 {; V0 F+ ]　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
- G+ n! _" ]4 u6 \1 _  ^　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
' F( ~( T. c  s, T　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
% U/ f, r1 q# _5 n　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
7 S; S9 U8 z6 C) b　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.

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