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!
* x9 L8 ^6 J, r" W2 D: y# a　　Nothing he sees can hold him, nothing daunt
# S, r: N1 n4 Z6 Y4 a3 S　　His never failing eagerness. The sun
2 \& q. u; c$ k5 d! ~1 }& y4 W　　Setting in splendour every night has won
　　His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
　　Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
" O! A# z! t9 F　　His daylight wanderings. Forever done
* y+ H: B; B6 Y$ O6 w' o　　With simple joys and quiet happiness
　　He guards the vision of the sunset sky;
' v. F+ X( c8 k　　Though faint with weariness he must possess
4 ^2 _5 \! j9 \8 [% v+ u3 v( {3 Q　　Some fragment of the sunset's majesty;
　　He spurns life's human friendships to profess
2 i2 h+ V+ `  D' E! n" J　　Life's loneliness of dreaming ecstasy.