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。 P ?n4B \!
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Annabel Lee
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(published 1849) 2]5Li/
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It was many and many a year ago, -{9mctt/gE
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By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- Sf.OBU1rs
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Than to love and be loved by me. KfZb=v;-l
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I and my Annabel Lee-- Wwg<-
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With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven ONDO
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Coveted her and me. PeqW+Q.
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And this was the reason that, long ago, Wq5 }LO)
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A wind blew out of a cloud by night .oT'(6#
Chilling my Annabel Lee; <-n^h~,4
So that her high-born kinsman came 74:~F)BP
And bore her away from me, 8Lx1XbwK
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, S^==$TT
Went envying her and me:-- K{`R`SXD
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In this kingdom by the sea) _`^AgRE
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And killing my Annabel Lee. Z[] 8X@IPe
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love ~tRGw^<9
Of those who were older than we-- B]()
Of many far wiser than we- "p|.
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And neither the angels in Heaven above, j%w^8}U>G
Nor the demons down under the sea, 6aHD?a o
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul w%X@os}E
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- LW.j)wB]
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams JN` $Fq+
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; :b %2qBv
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; p=E#!cn3
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side 3#dz6 +
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, !vpXXI4
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- v7KBYN
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
