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。 G
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She was a child and I was a child, Ikiv+Fq(
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- .(Q3 M0.D
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Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, ]t_AXKd
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- z<_{m 4I;
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
