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,
　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
( b6 j4 N" W  O　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
4 |0 m4 z* E; v% l4 J% C) z& O5 ~　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
$ O; c2 A- \; j: q4 m, _　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
, q2 J/ F( A7 M& b　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
( G# l" t) X+ U( v　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
6 H% G. _( w2 [) h9 I# }8 B　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.

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