"But I hope that the love that people have shown will make you know he didn't live in vain,".

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Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled.

勇敢是我与生俱来的神秘，智慧是我熟稔于心的能力：,因为错过撤退的行军队列,没能和他们一起进入空虚的没有围墙的大本营。

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This other man I had dreamed A drunken, vain-glorious lout.

我曾认为这另外一个人,是爱好虚荣，粗鄙不堪的酒鬼。

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