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,
0 D  p; e, z1 _. G5 r. A, M　　By whom he learns that Nature's steadfast laws
　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
0 m) e# `, v! }/ H- j  |　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
7 O) W& }  k; H8 a3 o# l　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
# ~: t+ [6 g' b　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
3 V% [# X1 H% w: s- F% G8 A　　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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