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。 z6*r<>Bf+b
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(published 1849) X2|&\G9c
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By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- Tn"@u&P
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And this maiden she lived with no other thought 8d?%9# p-)
Than to love and be loved by me. 5g%D0_e5
She was a child and I was a child, \9fJ)*-
In this kingdom by the sea, URbHV
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But we loved with a love that was more than love-- ;m=k
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I and my Annabel Lee-- +[ng99p
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Yl&bv#[z
Coveted her and me. "8p<NsU
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And this was the reason that, long ago, Q#F9
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; }hE!0q~MfM
So that her high-born kinsman came \JC_"gqt
And bore her away from me, ;qO3m-(d
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The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, EQe$~}[
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Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, ]VR79l
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love 6?ky~CV
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Of many far wiser than we-
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Nor the demons down under the sea, @QMU$]&i]
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- HZ2f|Y|T
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; $ y(Qdb
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes v.ow`MO=;
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; e(?1`1
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side ]s0GAp"
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, *k,{[b
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- i[4!% FxB
In her tomb by the side of the sea.