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。 /Kvb$]F+!
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It was many and many a year ago, h:;~)= {"X
In a kingdom by the sea, S]>_o "|HV
That a maiden there lived whom you may know QbWD&8T0O
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- h4#5j'RO
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Than to love and be loved by me. @'<|B. f
She was a child and I was a child, `3-j%H2R
In this kingdom by the sea, mR^D55k
But we loved with a love that was more than love-- UgP5^3F2
I and my Annabel Lee-- wK_}`6R/
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven @&+
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And this was the reason that, long ago, L0Cf@~k
In this kingdom by the sea, 2gGJ:,RC$
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Chilling my Annabel Lee; G-qxQD1wK
So that her high-born kinsman came Tla*V#:Ve
And bore her away from me, ]V_
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To shut her up in a sepulchre
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And killing my Annabel Lee. ;H^!yj5H
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Nor the demons down under the sea, x>@U
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- gLH(Wr~(a
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; FueJe/~t
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; }Z6/b
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side .UcS4JU
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
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In her sepulchre there by the sea-- L,<.rr$:
In her tomb by the side of the sea.