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。 &V.\Svm8]
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It was many and many a year ago, /uh?F
In a kingdom by the sea, a-A>A_.
That a maiden there lived whom you may know 'V*ixK8R0
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;--
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And this maiden she lived with no other thought F7FUoew<
Than to love and be loved by me. =J2cX`
She was a child and I was a child, MM+xm{4l
In this kingdom by the sea, ]
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But we loved with a love that was more than love-- ?^8CD.|
I and my Annabel Lee-- @scy v@5)F
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven ,C=Lu9
Coveted her and me. ]\qbe
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In this kingdom by the sea, 2/T4.[`t
A wind blew out of a cloud by night ?$ft3p}
Chilling my Annabel Lee; C\Y%FTS:
So that her high-born kinsman came c]eDTbXd
And bore her away from me, ??'>kQ4
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In this kingdom by the sea. S\,~6]^T
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Went envying her and me:-- jGeil
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Of those who were older than we-- k3pY3TA@w+
Of many far wiser than we- s>RtCw3,
And neither the angels in Heaven above, ut<0-
Nor the demons down under the sea, ],?rFK{O
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul jHU5>Gt-}
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- JGJy_.C
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; p4Wy2.&Q
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes y1oQ4|KSI
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; K;,_P5J%
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side q_hkI]
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, ,y>%m;jL
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- w_>SxSS7
In her tomb by the side of the sea.