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。 ]ss[n.T0*
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In a kingdom by the sea, Wh[QR-7Ew
That a maiden there lived whom you may know o-,."|6
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- NVyBEAoh
And this maiden she lived with no other thought 54
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Than to love and be loved by me. @CMI$}!{V
She was a child and I was a child, JzyCeM =
In this kingdom by the sea, +>ju,;4WK
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- j{@O%fv=
I and my Annabel Lee-- ZoW1Cc&p
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven *Rgr4-
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Coveted her and me. %()d$.F
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And this was the reason that, long ago, aO6\e>
In this kingdom by the sea, )H8_.]|
A wind blew out of a cloud by night Y"Cf84E
Chilling my Annabel Lee; Y0LZbT3
So that her high-born kinsman came ke4E1T-1n
And bore her away from me, j]u!;]
To shut her up in a sepulchre x.Sf B[SZ
In this kingdom by the sea. =~D? K9o
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, zp:
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Went envying her and me:-- Ss3p6%V/
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, qt"D!S_
In this kingdom by the sea) -^_m(@A<~
That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling twT/uBQ4a
And killing my Annabel Lee. :6n#y-9^1
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love X+hHE kJ
Of those who were older than we-- mw@Pl\=
Of many far wiser than we- 5E!C?dv(z
And neither the angels in Heaven above, k(gbUlCc
Nor the demons down under the sea, H4$qM_N
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- }LHYcNw^z
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; K$"#SZEi
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes @CprC]X
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; AjzTszByu
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side LC%ococ
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, (lk9](;L
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- c4JV~VS+
In her tomb by the side of the sea.