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。 2Ab`i!#
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It was many and many a year ago, &;bey4_J
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That a maiden there lived whom you may know ?[|A sw1t
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- h1)ny1;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought H.;2o(vD
Than to love and be loved by me. /
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She was a child and I was a child, HV'M31m~q
In this kingdom by the sea, -Q/wW4dE=
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- /BN=Kl]
I and my Annabel Lee-- ::_bEmk
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven 3 Q~0b+k
Coveted her and me. 5IA3\G}+
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And this was the reason that, long ago, 1gnLKf c
In this kingdom by the sea, 1#*^+A E
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; @ULd~
So that her high-born kinsman came }KYOde@
And bore her away from me, C[';B)a
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Went envying her and me:-- dOK]Su
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Nor the demons down under the sea, KG
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- PC\p>6xT
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side PI@?I&Bo
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, gi>W&6
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- <(_Tanx9Q
In her tomb by the side of the sea.