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。 V9NTs8LKc
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(published 1849) (qMj-l
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In a kingdom by the sea, pc]J[ S?P
That a maiden there lived whom you may know NQHz<3S[
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- 2/
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She was a child and I was a child, (5L-G{4
In this kingdom by the sea, k(VB+k"3
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- )FN;+"IJ
I and my Annabel Lee-- :iWS\G^U
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven 5&Ts7& .
Coveted her and me.
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And this was the reason that, long ago, &DG->$&|
In this kingdom by the sea, q'[}9e`Q
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; #]WqM1u
So that her high-born kinsman came 26?W
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Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, _*M42<wcO
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling G"5D< ]
And killing my Annabel Lee. ^"\s eS
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Of those who were older than we-- {y= W6uP
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And neither the angels in Heaven above, J5Z%ImiT^O
Nor the demons down under the sea, w'4AJ Q|;
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- C G\tQbum
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; K kW;-{c
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; 75T_Dx(H
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side ;
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In her sepulchre there by the sea-- VXBY8;+Yp
In her tomb by the side of the sea.