上面那首罗伯特·弗罗斯特的诗,太深沉,太富有哲理,可能不太适合小姑娘。我另选了Edgar Allan Poe的诗,据说是韵律最美的英文诗之一。讲述一个凄美的爱情故事。 Uzu6>yT
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(published 1849) Wa_qD
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It was many and many a year ago, ._mep\#.:
In a kingdom by the sea,
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know XX6Z|Y5.
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- UX 1
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Than to love and be loved by me. 9Em#Ela
She was a child and I was a child, ZCiCZ)oc
In this kingdom by the sea, K1B9t{T
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- A4K.,bZ
I and my Annabel Lee-- o2 14V \
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven ^J!q>KJs
Coveted her and me. ).k DY?s
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And this was the reason that, long ago, {T){!UVp!
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; p?@ %/!S
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To shut her up in a sepulchre
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, "q@m6fs
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling op,L3:R\Z
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Of those who were older than we-- N.F5)04
Of many far wiser than we- Q?{%c[s
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Nor the demons down under the sea, /7Q|D sa
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- -%K!Ra\W
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; x&}]8S)
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side 6*OL.~WE
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, hsZ/Vnn`
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- $o^Z$VmL
In her tomb by the side of the sea.