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Ulysses
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
Note:
Though I have not
included the full version of this epic poem, I
selected the last few lines which, to me anyway, speak very emotionally
and eloquently of the importance to persevere in life ... especially
the last line ... to never stop
believing in yourself and in your dreams. - Jace
Come, my friends,
’tis
not too late to
seek
a newer world.
Push
off, and sitting
well in order
smite
the sounding
furrows;
for
my purpose holds to
sail beyond the sunset,
and
the baths of all the
western stars until I die.
It
may be that the gulfs
will wash us down:
it
may be we shall touch
the Happy Isles,
and
see the great
Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho’
much is taken, much
abides; and tho’
we
are not now that
strength
which
in old days moved
earth and heaven;
that
which we are, we
are;
one
equal temper of
heroic hearts,
made
weak by time and
fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to
find, and not to yield.
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© 2006, Jace Carlton. All International Rights Reserved.
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