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。
i;xH #*q`/O5n e/lfT?J\ Annabel Lee Woa5Ov!n0 I9N?zmH by Edgar Allan Poe
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CF9a~^+% )0`;leli yCkfAx8] It was many and many a year ago,
6NJ"ty9Bp In a kingdom by the sea,
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!> b>"\b By the name of ANNABEL LEE;--
h8>7si And this maiden she lived with no other thought
w[\*\'Vm0 Than to love and be loved by me.
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'vj45b In this kingdom by the sea,
4XK*sR0-` But we loved with a love that was more than love--
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2<>n8 K With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
nlXg8t^G Coveted her and me.
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HxAq& J;xu In this kingdom by the sea,
w{)*'8oCB A wind blew out of a cloud by night
A=!&2( Chilling my Annabel Lee;
f 7{E(, So that her high-born kinsman came
3 8pw And bore her away from me,
CCfuz & To shut her up in a sepulchre
7}-.U=tnP In this kingdom by the sea.
2H;&E1: 2\l7=9 ]\3 The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
}$#e&&)n Went envying her and me:--
G& cm5 Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling
@!fy24R]D And killing my Annabel Lee.
(7`goi7M J|_&3@r But our love it was stronger by far than the love
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#H-]9 Of those who were older than we--
Dk|S`3 Of many far wiser than we-
[ik D4p= And neither the angels in Heaven above,
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j(F%uUpN Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:--
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.G 6=A2Y:8 For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
i0 {pm q Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
:Gqyj_|< And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
znhe]&Fw Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
5p"n g8nR And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
o,9E~Q '`{ Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
4Ub_;EI> In her sepulchre there by the sea--
&}32X-~y In her tomb by the side of the sea.