晨读英文经典诗歌：Leisure

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晨读英文经典诗歌：Leisure
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　　Leisure, thou goddess of a bygone age,
7 j7 ^$ D/ n# P8 N+ N) o- Q2 E+ z" q　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
8 [% R7 t; S- q　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
* Z. m! c2 K  b: w, w' Y　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
0 [0 }. ~% G9 w$ n( ?/ I　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
; u/ E3 g3 R5 v6 k　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
. Z* L0 r" b( q7 h. U9 t' N　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
6 V4 o* j% U# a. _4 L- {; b　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
8 c' ]' Z( \: Z/ [. O& L6 U% s9 d　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
6 R( F  V$ P; Y: A1 N1 g6 e　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.
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