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,
5 ~3 Q# K* N1 |  B0 o9 l' [　　By whom he learns that Nature's steadfast laws
　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
+ t  _* w" Y# }, w0 i. d# f2 T　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
( w. @+ i' L, f  Q　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
- ]& s) j. ?' v) m% ]$ p5 U　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
6 z8 E* m$ Y1 r) p　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
: G3 E: L1 W) v- Y, a. K* H　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
3 O$ D1 @) s* j3 M; B　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.

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