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。 oH0\6:S
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know x{}m)2[ Y
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- K3^2R-3:8
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Than to love and be loved by me. .R,8<4
She was a child and I was a child, s>X;m
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But we loved with a love that was more than love-- `L>'9rbZO
I and my Annabel Lee-- m.*+0NG
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven $;1~JOZh
Coveted her and me. zU%aobZ
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Went envying her and me:-- 8] *{i
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, "=;&{N~8U
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Of those who were older than we-- ,3j*D+
Of many far wiser than we- ElAG~u?
And neither the angels in Heaven above, c#DTL/8"DO
Nor the demons down under the sea, _xUXt)k
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- 1"k@O)?JP
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; iR-O6*PTC
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; s"/8h#!zv
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side k<qQ+\X
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, b/EvcN8 }
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- A@]
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In her tomb by the side of the sea.