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
' r' K& C# K" K9 N& y　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
+ H$ I3 {9 F! V- x　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
3 ^8 O6 p) I  j$ f* e$ E& i- L8 ~　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
1 |/ @5 I+ `: O- r& _- s7 L　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
$ s8 W; h# {1 |　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
# \+ X  P! R) {: a' L8 Y) ?- r　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.

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