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。 D:vUy*
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(published 1849) YB3=ij!K
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It was many and many a year ago, MHyl=5
In a kingdom by the sea, t{s*3k/
That a maiden there lived whom you may know RowiSW
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- *^+xcG
And this maiden she lived with no other thought /N{@g.edL
Than to love and be loved by me. ,Ve@=<
She was a child and I was a child, Hh;6B!zb+
In this kingdom by the sea, 0:+uw`
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But we loved with a love that was more than love-- {BCjVmY
I and my Annabel Lee-- R|$`MX}'z
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven ,Y8X"~{A
Coveted her and me. Y9L
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And this was the reason that, long ago, r4ttEJ-jG
In this kingdom by the sea, UR2)e{RXg
A wind blew out of a cloud by night Ahbu >LPk
Chilling my Annabel Lee; %e<dV\x?T
So that her high-born kinsman came yIf}b
And bore her away from me, !K~$-jlT
To shut her up in a sepulchre \J:T]
In this kingdom by the sea. ^r
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Went envying her and me:-- / lM~K:
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, 49fq6Zh
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That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling :Fd9N).%
And killing my Annabel Lee. M*6@1.n
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But our love it was stronger by far than the love N_Ld,J%g
Of those who were older than we-- 4"(zi5`e
Of many far wiser than we- Bg0cC
And neither the angels in Heaven above, N~J Eia%
Nor the demons down under the sea, G( \1{"!
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul ;/q6^Nk3A
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:-- v]U;5Uo
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For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams 7<o;3gR7Kj
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; ~%:p_td
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Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; <sl
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And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side KL"L65g&
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, fToI,FA
In her sepulchre there by the sea-- xLK0~|_#!
In her tomb by the side of the sea.