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
# S6 C5 q9 [6 L( x+ e: t1 V. b8 D　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
5 D, I, P' n: h1 |　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
3 W3 x2 u" b. y! F, ~! g2 O　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
1 p- A6 q4 I! x% U" L% R% n. z　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
1 [6 ]# ^; S) }- A+ B* y8 w　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
: a. D6 E  w& j# P　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
5 a4 \, |3 H0 H1 ~$ b　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
5 s2 F* b  s) G, P　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.

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