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。
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It was many and many a year ago, |m7`:~ow
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know *'(dcy9
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- 8%#uZG\ }
And this maiden she lived with no other thought S[M\com'
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She was a child and I was a child, ihhn B
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But we loved with a love that was more than love-- :ui1]its4
I and my Annabel Lee-- sw &sF
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven `24:Eg6r
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And this was the reason that, long ago, 9/|i. 2&
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A wind blew out of a cloud by night `+/[0B=.
Chilling my Annabel Lee; yQ8H-a.
So that her high-born kinsman came 4B}w;d@R
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In this kingdom by the sea. >Y< y]vM:
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Went envying her and me:-- I@q>ES! 1H
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Of those who were older than we-- ;h 3*MR
Of many far wiser than we- Xc5 [d`]
And neither the angels in Heaven above, |q Nrj~n@
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Can ever dissever my soul from the soul I_ .;nU1xA
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- w } 2|Do$5
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams 6YU2
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; {UZli[W1
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes (^Do#3
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; iVu+ct-iv
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side |/ lIasI
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, 90aPIs-
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- 2i(|? XJ^
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
