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。 G4&vrM,f
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By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- /Z~} dWI
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She was a child and I was a child, p<Oz"6_/~
In this kingdom by the sea,
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I and my Annabel Lee-- Q9G\T:^ury
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; pie8 3Wy>
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Of many far wiser than we- $-i(xnU/nl
And neither the angels in Heaven above, oKMr Pr[`
Nor the demons down under the sea, JGHQzC
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- zG*
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; jk\z-hd
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; ` n#D
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Fp&tJ]=B.
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, xqQLri}
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- {j8M78 }3
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
