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,
3 [' L) ~) d3 t　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
" s* _: j/ }  e, C2 J　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
7 s/ l5 z* n0 k+ P6 |$ r  i6 G: m　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
  J% s$ D1 W9 w0 k  j' V2 W7 o, X　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
% @  _" j9 T* ^$ B7 |　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
- g" Q; Z2 h* Y5 e　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
  |( [% w7 I4 H7 P　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.
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