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,
, l$ [0 K1 K9 a" B8 a, u　　By whom he learns that Nature's steadfast laws
* p% h0 x1 _" @" Z3 I" c' ?& b& B　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
3 k; x8 `+ g& w9 M* ^　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
　　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
0 `9 m4 f* Y9 v" G/ _8 T　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
' y" @6 J4 U( u3 ^) n3 s5 u　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.
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