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。
lCAIK sW)Zi OC1I&",Ai| Annabel Lee iOwx0GD.n ;w'D4p= P by Edgar Allan Poe
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j*F`"df That a maiden there lived whom you may know
~GTz:nC* By the name of ANNABEL LEE;--
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n9@ of She was a child and I was a child,
Wm_4avXtO In this kingdom by the sea,
[PQ?#:r But we loved with a love that was more than love--
x\F,SEj I and my Annabel Lee--
i7ISX>% With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
VS9`{ Coveted her and me.
20vXSYa~ !lEY=1nHOJ And this was the reason that, long ago,
{S,l_d+( In this kingdom by the sea,
G:<`moKgL A wind blew out of a cloud by night
SGh1 DB Chilling my Annabel Lee;
Uu!f,L;ty So that her high-born kinsman came
i-bJS6 And bore her away from me,
Of{/t1o? To shut her up in a sepulchre
MxSM@3 v( In this kingdom by the sea.
1c<=A!"{ NLS%S q The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
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j;s"q]"x] That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling
':gUOra|I And killing my Annabel Lee.
*:>"q ej V+Cwzc^j But our love it was stronger by far than the love
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[email protected]@E Of many far wiser than we-
)jkXSTZ And neither the angels in Heaven above,
1"/He ` 4 Nor the demons down under the sea,
yyv8gH Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Sl-v W Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:--
I?"q/Ub~h '&.# For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
&C_'p {G Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
._8KsuJG And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
#[zI5)Meh Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
ZZcEt And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
?"zY"*>4 Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
&07]LF$] In her sepulchre there by the sea--
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