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。 p'c<v
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It was many and many a year ago, KJ{F,fr+v
In a kingdom by the sea, 1^"aR#
That a maiden there lived whom you may know YKxA2`3v%
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- ydFhw}1>
And this maiden she lived with no other thought #1hz=~YO
Than to love and be loved by me. dcTM02kEh
She was a child and I was a child, E#F9<=mA)
In this kingdom by the sea, [^BUhm3a
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- >]08".ajS
I and my Annabel Lee-- 58ZiCvq
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With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven la{:RlW
Coveted her and me. TdOWdPvYj
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And this was the reason that, long ago, >oaEG5%d
In this kingdom by the sea,
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A wind blew out of a cloud by night
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; NHVx!Kc
So that her high-born kinsman came
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And bore her away from me, Vwg|? sG_
To shut her up in a sepulchre |[7$) $
In this kingdom by the sea. zZ0V6T}
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Zgf||,
Went envying her and me:-- -oT+;2\2
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, K[yJu 4
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling F,2#;t4
And killing my Annabel Lee. v2=!*
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love >{)#|pWU
Of those who were older than we-- Nc Mq>n
Of many far wiser than we- W%ZU& YBc
And neither the angels in Heaven above, 8GRrf2
Nor the demons down under the sea, IMw)X0z
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- 0aoHv
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; _<}5[(qu
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; pXEVI6 }
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side V~"d`j
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, G
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In her sepulchre there by the sea-- f9=X7"dzP
In her tomb by the side of the sea.