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。 k! 5m@'f
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It was many and many a year ago, wZ#Rlv,3Wa
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know ).LTts7c
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- {J (R
And this maiden she lived with no other thought Ab/j (xr=
Than to love and be loved by me. !)N|J$FU
She was a child and I was a child, 1%%'6cWWu
In this kingdom by the sea, {9L 5Q
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- OFA{
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I and my Annabel Lee-- !<&m]K
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; o/C(4q6d
So that her high-born kinsman came 2K;#Evn'j
And bore her away from me, P}0*{%jB
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And killing my Annabel Lee. (:5G#?6,
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love ?>af'o:
Of those who were older than we-- wJ gX/W
Of many far wiser than we- Br}h/ !NU/
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Nor the demons down under the sea, -D^L}b
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul , |+Gl s
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- 6R`Oh uN.>
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams I]h-\;96
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; b.s9p7:J
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; RPVT*`o
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side mL woi!]m
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, b.b@bq$1
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- [8"oj hdV
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
