优美英文小诗精选：Leisure

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优美英文小诗精选：Leisure　　Leisure, thou goddess of a bygone age,
% s( n+ [/ \3 x- Y4 _& ^/ M　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
0 f/ Z8 _! n! e4 v7 `　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
1 y: E9 s% W. V9 X3 ~/ V% g　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
8 i! F! z) E7 J0 o2 M3 V* n　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
" o% b1 d& X/ ?- _1 [　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
" ]$ q* \- N8 c2 k3 E　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
* j  [: I! ~1 _, I" H0 F　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
8 r$ ]. O5 W9 L, ^/ P　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.