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
& h4 [& }- p  ^# F, j　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
( ^) {9 Y8 u, E( L　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
' n: w1 k% h( Z$ P% G　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
" H" ^& c2 {: N# N, o　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
) X0 ^% c( R* Z! P& t　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.
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