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。 (r7~ccy4
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(published 1849) 4V[+6EV
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It was many and many a year ago, Z i|'lHr
In a kingdom by the sea, Rhr]ML
That a maiden there lived whom you may know !X#=Pt[,
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- %Cm4a49FNi
And this maiden she lived with no other thought +L X&1GX
Than to love and be loved by me. A}oR,$D-
She was a child and I was a child, '3<YZWS
In this kingdom by the sea, 4#=^YuKaF1
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- B|!YGfL
I and my Annabel Lee-- ,cj34W`FWq
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven 9$Hgh7'hvs
Coveted her and me. 9N-mIGJ
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And this was the reason that, long ago, `Y+p7*Qr2
In this kingdom by the sea, ]aaHb
A wind blew out of a cloud by night "h)+fAT|,
Chilling my Annabel Lee; 9]kWM]B)o
So that her high-born kinsman came >Axe7<l
And bore her away from me, [%bshaY:
To shut her up in a sepulchre /j.V0%
In this kingdom by the sea. XSZW9/I-(|
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, ."=Bx2
Went envying her and me:--
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling f)gA.Rz
And killing my Annabel Lee. i@d!g"tot
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Of those who were older than we-- lYq
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Of many far wiser than we- g:OVAA
And neither the angels in Heaven above, 9-L.?LG
Nor the demons down under the sea, BeplS
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- !m^WtF
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams /~AajLxu3W
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; H,zRmK6A%
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes 3
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; ~IlgcCF
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Yz{UP)TC
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, 33
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In her sepulchre there by the sea-- 3pl.<;9r
In her tomb by the side of the sea.