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。 iCx}v[;Ol
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It was many and many a year ago, PKk_9Xd
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know x)s `j(pYC
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- M1^pf<!s
And this maiden she lived with no other thought aqtQGK57"%
Than to love and be loved by me. YajUdpJi
She was a child and I was a child, +n7bbuxj(X
In this kingdom by the sea, nF]lSg&]X
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- |?g k%g
I and my Annabel Lee-- ^ 2=1 1
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven .,I^) 8c
Coveted her and me. K^> +"
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And this was the reason that, long ago, "4C b dD//
In this kingdom by the sea, "??$yMW
A wind blew out of a cloud by night ;V@o 2a
Chilling my Annabel Lee; (k4> I"x)
So that her high-born kinsman came rF'q\tJDz
And bore her away from me, &G:#7HX@-
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In this kingdom by the sea. n1X 7T0'
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, e~oI0%xl^
Went envying her and me:-- !A qSG-
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, id'E_]r
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling }9=VhC%J
And killing my Annabel Lee. ~0eJ6i
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love -Z9e}$q$,
Of those who were older than we-- !c/ G'se
Of many far wiser than we- s"s^rC
And neither the angels in Heaven above, sSU p 7V
Nor the demons down under the sea, XX+%:,G
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul `*^
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- T|[zk.8=E
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams %8s$l'Q;
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; [WW3'= e^
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes ;.+sz(:hm
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; Q#i[Y?$L
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side _4 6
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Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, &c% ;Lo
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- ly9.2<oz}L
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
