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。 3v&Shb?xb;
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It was many and many a year ago, @V&HE:P
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know &XW ~l>!+
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- IpM"k)HR
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Than to love and be loved by me. )(rr1^Xer
She was a child and I was a child, Xjm
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In this kingdom by the sea, : rud o[L
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- w4R~0jXy
I and my Annabel Lee-- A"0Yn(awWu
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven b> 9?gmR{
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And this was the reason that, long ago, dA<SVk*0Q
In this kingdom by the sea, 8w#4T:hsuN
A wind blew out of a cloud by night \9~Q+~@{G
Chilling my Annabel Lee; - 0I &dG-
So that her high-born kinsman came o?+?@Xb'
And bore her away from me, >p`i6_P0P/
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In this kingdom by the sea. n<F3&2w
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Went envying her and me:-- /`t}5U>S_
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling a/3yn9`sQ
And killing my Annabel Lee. PP/#Z ~.M
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Of those who were older than we-- N8,g~ ?r^
Of many far wiser than we- ]
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And neither the angels in Heaven above, 7<(kv E*x
Nor the demons down under the sea, 6 G(K8Q{>
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul F=PBEaX
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- wa!z:}]
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams ;kZJnN"y
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; Ft}nG&D
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes s) {VU2.ra
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side @:@5BCs<
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, ~@e =+Z
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- `=Rxnl,<U
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
