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,
　　Urged by a longing blind but dominant!
; q6 Z  A1 d7 {( I2 d9 o/ A: P2 K　　Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
　　His never failing eagerness. The sun
' \, H' S% E) ~; M1 T6 a6 l+ r　　Setting in splendour every night has won
　　His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
; A, q5 V* @. T1 `* L1 ]+ N　　Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
; M, o" m6 ]$ ?# p: o4 H5 i　　His daylight wanderings. Forever done
　　With simple joys and quiet happiness
0 \/ h& h5 V4 U, X　　He guards the vision of the sunset sky;
　　Though faint with weariness he must possess
. ~6 n9 N" e5 O' u, I4 J. k　　Some fragment of the sunset's majesty;
　　He spurns life's human friendships to profess
　　Life's loneliness of dreaming ecstasy.
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