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。 W(U:D ?e
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But we loved with a love that was more than love-- ^1y (N>W
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With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven k\(
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In her sepulchre there by the sea-- `Hj{XIOx
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
