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
　　Are as decrees immutable; O pause
0 Y$ L9 |! n2 W/ `6 X　　Your even forward march! Not yet too late
　　Teach me the needed lesson, when to wait
+ ~9 k9 Q! L; X　　Inactive as a ship when no wind draws
　　To stretch the loosened cordage. One implores
' }4 t% v# c4 n8 ~4 X9 o　　Thy clemency, whose wilfulness innate
6 P, r2 T+ D9 {　　Has gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years
　　Have lengthened into decades; now distressed
' H( p, G( b: j. p  p　　He knows no rule by which to move or stay,
　　And teased with restlessness and desperate fears
2 F( m0 s; q6 A) O- G& v　　He dares not watch in silence thy wise way
　　Bringing about results none could have guessed.
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