国外经典英文短诗：To a Friend

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国外经典英文短诗：
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4 g/ [7 @3 {; T: z* M; r　　I ask but one thing of you, only one,
　　That always you will be my dream of you;
4 O" k4 C$ s$ ?; }! B　　That never shall I wake to find untrue
0 a* i9 `: V  d; T　　All this I have believed and rested on,
. |* v1 m/ a  i. N$ k  A　　Forever vanished, like a vision gone
　　Out into the night. Alas, how few
/ z. v& b1 b! D* w　　There are who strike in us a chord we knew
$ O! h. i4 G/ h! V, s　　Existed, but so seldom heard its tone
- i% ~& ~. s, x7 C# r5 Y　　We tremble at the half-forgotten sound.
　　The world is full of rude awakenings
( c: c0 D) ^- A$ \& O% P' V　　And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground,
) ?9 ^& P/ S: T7 N3 h6 M　　Yet still our human longing vainly clings
　　To a belief in beauty through all wrongs.
　　O stay your hand, and leave my heart its songs!


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