【英语文摘】A Morning Wish
写在前面：想要提高英文水平，仅仅对付考试是绝不够的，更重要的是提高自己的英文鉴赏能力，对于诗歌我们有熟读唐诗三百首的说法，我想对于英文，同样也是如此。所以从今天起，会按照我自己看书的速度，跟大家分享一下经典的英文短篇。
今天这篇作为开篇再合适不过了，清晨是一天的开始，我们来看看，那些在清晨许下的美好愿望吧！
A Moring Wish [by W. R. Hunt]
The sun is just rising in the morning of another day. What can I wish that this day may bring me? Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the expense of other men; but just those few things which in their coming do not stop me but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength.
I wish that this day could bring me a few friends, who understand me, and yet remain my friends; I also wish that this day could bring me a work to do which has real value.
I wish that this day could bring me a mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed, and I wish that this day could bring me an understanding heart.
I wish that this day could bring me a sight of the eternal hills, and the blue sea stretching to the horizon, and of something beautiful which the hands of men have made.
I wish that this day could bring me a sense of humor, and the power to laugh, a little leisure with nothing to do.
And I crave for a few moments of quiet, silent meditation in the morning of this day.
I also wish that this day could bring me the patience to wait for the coming of these things, with the wisdom to know them when they come, and the wit not to change this morning wish of mine.