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,
2 C2 b7 E7 U- e! R+ s% d　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
6 F! E0 c1 J7 i* S7 [　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
' L7 F  M) N$ U4 d. ]. A" J　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
: a/ b3 f5 A. _! k　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
0 F% a$ {2 b6 z: d　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
' p2 @: u. _. h! {　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
/ ?3 d, G0 g8 P$ T. F　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
+ @; p2 |1 E' n　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.
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