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!
; P4 s9 \- S, h7 z3 L　　Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
0 s' j8 Z4 }. `" r8 }　　His never failing eagerness. The sun
% F( H7 ]* p. M/ Z8 k　　Setting in splendour every night has won
: v# ]/ Z- u# v7 m0 K( d, Q/ V$ C　　His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
% D0 a4 d5 D7 h　　Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
# ~4 u8 q0 C7 N+ P3 T　　His daylight wanderings. Forever done
　　With simple joys and quiet happiness
+ O8 f- [, L) x; b3 e7 q2 w　　He guards the vision of the sunset sky;
　　Though faint with weariness he must possess
　　Some fragment of the sunset's majesty;
# b. ^0 A9 N& j% j　　He spurns life's human friendships to profess
　　Life's loneliness of dreaming ecstasy.