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。 f3! Oc
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know ? 0X$ox
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- 16Ka>=G
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Than to love and be loved by me. X ~VI} dJ
She was a child and I was a child, JzN "o'
In this kingdom by the sea, 2i6=g<
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- hJ8&OCR }
I and my Annabel Lee-- `m(ZX\W]
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven kXhd]7ru
Coveted her and me. 19GF%+L
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And this was the reason that, long ago, Y S7lB
In this kingdom by the sea, Cu%BU}(
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; ASi2;Q_{_
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And bore her away from me, A 7Y CSjB
To shut her up in a sepulchre Zex~ $r
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, y]{b4e
Went envying her and me:-- \,NT5 >
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling Nk -xnTZ"
And killing my Annabel Lee. :K~@JlJd
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love Y{j~;G@Wl
Of those who were older than we-- yj_/:eX
Of many far wiser than we- <FkaH8,7
And neither the angels in Heaven above, -]KgLgJ
Nor the demons down under the sea, /[Fk>Vhp
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul FYik}wH]
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- ,s%+vD$O ^
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Ma?uB8o+~
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; *.w6 =}
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side 4IZAJqw(*
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, {nSgiqd"28
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- X n0HJ^"_
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
