经典英文短诗精选：The Poet

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经典英文短诗精选：The Poet　　What instinct forces man to journey on,
/ T) [) ?, t7 b　　Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
　　Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
6 {4 m9 Q8 d: ]2 L3 j1 E　　His never failing eagerness. The sun
+ ]7 d4 {6 s) I9 q6 Q: ]* e: n　　Setting in splendour every night has won
% V8 t4 J- W) T# ]5 e1 @  ?　　His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
　　Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
　　His daylight wanderings. Forever done
　　With simple joys and quiet happiness
3 y3 N! d+ k1 R9 R2 S& C　　He guards the vision of the sunset sky;
5 @% Q# `# w1 ?) z　　Though faint with weariness he must possess
　　Some fragment of the sunset's majesty;
& @3 |  ^4 ]# F4 _: h. h3 r: L　　He spurns life's human friendships to profess
　　Life's loneliness of dreaming ecstasy.
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