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。 ZgVYC4=Q-\
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know ORHs1/L`j
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- *o qQ=#\
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Than to love and be loved by me. 9#L0Q%, *
She was a child and I was a child, UM%]A'h2O"
In this kingdom by the sea, 7KXc9:p +
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- #u`i4
I and my Annabel Lee-- o Y{L0B[
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven m?VA
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And this was the reason that, long ago, Elw fqfO
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A wind blew out of a cloud by night Rq u_ [M
Chilling my Annabel Lee; tP8>0\$)
So that her high-born kinsman came AAUFX/}8P
And bore her away from me, `2Rd=M]?
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, :^]rjy/|+
Went envying her and me:-- J24<X9b
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, ~'k.'O{
In this kingdom by the sea) 2&7:JM~#
That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling Xg E\q
And killing my Annabel Lee.
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Of those who were older than we-- YMx]i,u'+
Of many far wiser than we- / @- !JF#g
And neither the angels in Heaven above, N K.
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Nor the demons down under the sea, tJ`tXO
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- 9} L cJ
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams ;DbEP. %u$
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; wxU@M1w}
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Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, 1\K%^<QY
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- _3v6 c
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
