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。 7gOu|t
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It was many and many a year ago, P()n=&XO6
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know .PT7
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- % &H^UxC
And this maiden she lived with no other thought y+$vHnS/jC
Than to love and be loved by me. ^^
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She was a child and I was a child, JgHYuLB
In this kingdom by the sea, "fv+}'
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- OXZK|C;M}
I and my Annabel Lee-- EJz!#f~
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven x]hG2on!
Coveted her and me. 90F.9rh
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And this was the reason that, long ago, =n=!s{A:t
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Chilling my Annabel Lee;
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So that her high-born kinsman came SR.xI:}4
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In this kingdom by the sea. D|$0~1y
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Went envying her and me:-- K&{ _s
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Of those who were older than we-- z*b|N45O
Of many far wiser than we- `'r~3kP*NT
And neither the angels in Heaven above, -;8 a* F
Nor the demons down under the sea, Fsq)co
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul 8kd):gZKZ
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- opn6 C )
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams (6H7?nv
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; "g"%7jK
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side v`'Iew }
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, F#Pn]
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- QCDica `+*
In her tomb by the side of the sea.