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。 N: %Nq8I}:
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By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- J|VDZ# c7
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Than to love and be loved by me. 3_]QtP3
She was a child and I was a child, q_[`PYT
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But we loved with a love that was more than love-- QP>F *A
I and my Annabel Lee-- 8 ~g~X
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And this was the reason that, long ago, b;NV vc(
In this kingdom by the sea, LLbI}:
A wind blew out of a cloud by night D}U gC\u
Chilling my Annabel Lee; mP?}h
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Went envying her and me:-- U /xzl4m6
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Of many far wiser than we- `G=+qti
And neither the angels in Heaven above, 9E|QPT
Nor the demons down under the sea, *xpP D\{k
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- }G!'SZ$F 5
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams WcpH= "vm
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; f"^t~q[VS
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes 2X(2O':Uc
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side yN06` =
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, L x iN9
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- ;" ;>7k/}
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
