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。 i!L;? `F{
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It was many and many a year ago, H "O$&
In a kingdom by the sea, 9<v}LeX
That a maiden there lived whom you may know i-,'.w
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- 8hZwQ[hr
And this maiden she lived with no other thought C,.-Q"juH
Than to love and be loved by me.
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She was a child and I was a child, xo(k?+P>.
In this kingdom by the sea, y<|)'(
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- z`OkHX*+2|
I and my Annabel Lee-- s{ =5-:
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven H-Pq!9[DB
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And this was the reason that, long ago, SBX|Bcyk*
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; Q&gPa]z]}
So that her high-born kinsman came V/ +Jc(N
And bore her away from me, 847 R
To shut her up in a sepulchre 9
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Went envying her and me:-- -?5$
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And killing my Annabel Lee. ?gN9k
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Of those who were older than we-- D
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Of many far wiser than we- -AC`q/bCD
And neither the angels in Heaven above, 3%2jwR
Nor the demons down under the sea, O~6Q;q P
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- xZyeX34{M;
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams x{Sd
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; =-qf ;5[|
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes -E]Sk&4Gj
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; )tD6=Iz^5
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side V!xwb:J
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, q3)wr%!k5D
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- wLUF v(&C
In her tomb by the side of the sea.