當華美的葉片落盡,生命的脈落才歷歷可見8 c! {7 @+ E5 H. d, b2 ] }
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Richard Henry Stoddard/理查德.亨利.斯托達德 8 Q( p; Z# X5 d- T$ y
) y1 d" s' V) l There are gains for all our losses.
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$ N# C/ {9 ~: f% P0 G+ Q There are balms for all our pain; g0 P' P+ _( }
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But when youth, the dream, departs,
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It takes something from our hearts,
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1 ]4 M \0 N# v And it never comes again.
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We are stronger, and are better,
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5 W; S0 m( { \: R Under manhood』s sterner reign;
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Still we feel that something sweet) `. s$ H* Y4 Y. A/ c8 |( G
2 ]" o! d {6 a8 y" R- x2 D8 f1 F Following youth, with flying feet,
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7 v% ^' [% g8 f+ e C% q" Z/ [ And will never come again.
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Something beautiful is vanished," s" d `! B( I1 z
- ^/ _0 M+ _- C" F1 o& _0 n And we sigh for it in vain; Y' a5 o% Q3 \7 T9 T# k
( a- V8 C o- d We behold it everywhere,
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! {8 {" Z7 B( S4 K On the earth, and in the air,7 p1 y1 f7 _) I0 r
) t) T. F/ {, n* ^- A But it never comes again!* W1 D! C J9 i* X3 I% r
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" Y7 ^7 e. n4 V# x) Q& |! S2 l4 I. D 我們失去的一切都能得到補償,
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我們所有的痛苦都能得到安慰;9 [$ K4 d# S: `" t! S* X/ k8 m
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可是夢境似的青春一旦消逝,
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它帶走了我們心中的某種美好,
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從此一去不復返。+ Y/ ]: s6 i/ B* {1 v
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& x( d/ ^. M: z8 T" x# w 我們變得日益剛強、更臻完美,6 [2 L, `7 E. K
* L% {9 C7 [& Q# @5 ] 在嚴峻的成年生活驅使下;
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可是依然感到甜美的情感,
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已隨著青春飛逝,+ V, j( h7 K' w D
/ u9 g; g$ ~& P3 O2 e/ R 不再返回。
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, @' a% }) L% a/ Z; z1 Z0 P2 r6 G 美好已經消逝,
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: B# ?6 |" j4 ?6 Y( W) R9 \ 我們枉自為此歎息;; [; V( z: ]" Y6 Q
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儘管在天地之間,9 ]6 g9 W2 Y, G
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我們處處能見青春的魅力,
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可是它不再返回! |