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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# I. a% z, ]; x4 c/ I* P　　I ask but one thing of you, only one,
　　That always you will be my dream of you;
# Z  F' ?9 h4 b0 U　　That never shall I wake to find untrue
; D- K7 I& i/ q) p/ T( [　　All this I have believed and rested on,
　　Forever vanished, like a vision gone
　　Out into the night. Alas, how few
) x0 Y5 o: Y+ D9 i1 Z0 L  d+ z3 R　　There are who strike in us a chord we knew
　　Existed, but so seldom heard its tone
1 H! I- `3 {6 F& O" ^; s- J3 r0 w　　We tremble at the half-forgotten sound.
　　The world is full of rude awakenings
% |9 j# m7 Z) j6 Q. R9 X* ^　　And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground,
　　Yet still our human longing vainly clings
# U7 W; }$ d! X  F　　To a belief in beauty through all wrongs.
4 ~- u, u  {. |! Q8 P　　O stay your hand, and leave my heart its songs!
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