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,
- i9 i) w2 C( O0 G$ l$ ?! j　　When hours were long and days sufficed to hold
　　Wide-eyed delights and pleasures uncontrolled
　　By shortening moments, when no gaunt presage
& e4 O- c2 a+ @2 |. Z+ Y　　Of undone duties, modern heritage,
  B6 O; n) h! G: [3 J; ?/ ^/ d2 e　　Haunted our happy minds; must thou withhold
　　Thy presence from this over-busy world,
5 b) h( p2 {7 C% ^( P+ G　　And bearing silence with thee disengage
( c" j9 U' z6 s' R　　Our twined fortunes? Deeps of unhewn woods
　　Alone can cherish thee, alone possess
  V4 t7 h  |7 E! h' ~9 i　　Thy quiet, teeming vigor. This our crime:
　　Not to have worshipped, marred by alien moods
) q8 e6 l# x0 h) t+ M　　That sole condition of all loveliness,
- v- A% q- T% l4 U! i+ {　　The dreaming lapse of slow, unmeasured time.