晨读英文经典诗歌：In Darkness

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晨读英文经典诗歌：In Darkness

# j% v) G1 c) r) T3 `　　Must all of worth be travailled for, and those
$ ?  C' e: Z; u+ p/ F) B6 V6 [　　Life's brightest stars rise from a troubled sea?
　　Must years go by in sad uncertainty
　　Leaving us doubting whose the conquering blows,
8 e, |; P" e4 }# K　　Are we or Fate the victors? Time which shows
　　All inner meanings will reveal, but we
　　Shall never know the upshot. Ours to be
　　Wasted with longing, shattered in the throes,
, }. |8 L9 Z% c) w" k　　The agonies of splendid dreams, which day
　　Dims from our vision, but each night brings back;
$ Z7 m3 G% ]5 O3 m7 V  G% j　　We strive to hold their grandeur, and essay
　　To be the thing we dream. Sudden we lack
4 P  r( P% g( ^4 J0 B. W　　The flash of insight, life grows drear and gray,
　　And hour follows hour, nerveless, slack.
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