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。 %5*#c*)R
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It was many and many a year ago, ]7t\%_
In a kingdom by the sea,
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know C[nr>
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- 6B/"M-YME
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Than to love and be loved by me. 9Nu#&_2R
She was a child and I was a child, %-/:ps
In this kingdom by the sea, 6\Vu#r
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- *'YNRM\}
I and my Annabel Lee-- _
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; iwJ-<v_:h
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Of those who were older than we-- 8.Ef 5-m
Of many far wiser than we- GFdJFQio
And neither the angels in Heaven above, W4*BR_H&*
Nor the demons down under the sea, m=\eL
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- 0t/y~TrBY
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams hav?mnVJ
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; |D`b7h
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes rg^\BUa-W,
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side SE)j}go
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, 'lsq3!d.
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- oHXW])[
In her tomb by the side of the sea.