When you are old 很喜欢的一首诗

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When you are old      
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　　--- William Butler Yeats

　　When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
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　　And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

9 V& t* ?# [# r/ n) z　　And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
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+ r6 b' p( n7 P* I/ ^# H" M: V' o$ u  Q+ `　　Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
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　　How many loved your moments of glad grace,
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( L! }0 r, a( O6 a3 v4 c3 i　　And loved your beauty with love false or true,
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+ }/ H1 K9 F% V5 p　　But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you,

! r( {: X4 g2 N7 k& E　　And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
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4 m# Y* `: Z3 O: o0 X+ y- O　　And bending down beside the glowing bars,

　　Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
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. E6 I( Q  _3 {: g0 R　　And paced upon the mountains overhead

　　And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.