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
8 X5 d* Q  @, o8 H8 X! W　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
7 O( P& q  ~! Y: G( `: h( q7 {! G　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
% j" E5 F9 _% x% U2 F　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
& K* f5 Q  b& r　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
1 Z$ t! U4 x( t4 }　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
, O+ |) Z% n: \5 K4 _& x4 _4 c　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
; g7 d$ e; z5 F　　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
　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.
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