《孤独》---------蒂丝黛尔

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孤独
——撒拉·蒂丝黛尔

随着岁月的逝去，我的内心越来越富足
和青年时候不同，我再也不用像从前那样
同每个新认识的朋友，都一见如故
或者一定要用语言把思想塑成具体形状

他们来也好，去也好，在我看来是一回事
只要我能保有自我和坚强的志愿
只要我有力量能在夏日夜晚爬上山去
( z" j) x# J/ y' V+ J# X看星星成群涌过来，在山的那一边
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让他们去相信我爱他们，爱得比实在还要多
让他们去相信我非常在乎，虽然我一个人走
, p1 R" i0 w3 J) Y) |! u* o1 |3 R假如能让他们得意，对我又有什么关系
只要我本身完整，像一朵花或一块石头。
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% a$ G2 E( U% R8 ~' l" UHe Solitary
% E2 v# C" x" u$ c----by Sara Teasdale
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, Z. ]" A2 D7 a* ?! r# bMy heart has grown rich with the passing of years,
  }9 d7 `# V: u! S5 E9 u. ZI have less need now than when I was young
To share myself with every comer
Or shape my thoughts into words with my tongue.

It is one to me that they come or go
! x. a- T$ O3 Q) U, m/ sIf I have myself and the drive of my will,
6 r) B' n: c( T: e$ vAnd strength to climb on a summer night
And watch the stars swarm over the hill
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, c6 p7 C" U+ w! f% ^2 uLet them think I love them more than I do,
Let them think I care, though I go alone;
; I* F6 ]0 O- k! A) fIf it lifts their pride, what is it to me
Who am self-complete as a flower or a stone.
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