经典英文短诗精选：The Poet

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经典英文短诗精选：The Poet　　What instinct forces man to journey on,
, p( W8 q8 c7 `. D* @* H　　Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
　　Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
　　His never failing eagerness. The sun
' c0 I" L' T' o; m! |- ^　　Setting in splendour every night has won
　　His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
　　Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
　　His daylight wanderings. Forever done
7 f0 w, O: l3 a( z  Z" B　　With simple joys and quiet happiness
1 N5 n& X+ B3 `2 w, ^　　He guards the vision of the sunset sky;
　　Though faint with weariness he must possess
4 N$ P# a+ W# d( N0 X　　Some fragment of the sunset's majesty;
& m+ X( U) z6 H　　He spurns life's human friendships to profess
/ C9 }3 j' x& z; X! H　　Life's loneliness of dreaming ecstasy.