国外经典英文短诗：To a Friend

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国外经典英文短诗：
4 h! f2 Y' a# d; i; f       To a Friend
8 W& [+ a$ }. B0 w' X# c' i) W: l　　I ask but one thing of you, only one,
　　That always you will be my dream of you;
　　That never shall I wake to find untrue
( d1 C) }* G% H" v3 ^. y; t　　All this I have believed and rested on,
3 f3 V2 H$ ^4 O( ~/ u　　Forever vanished, like a vision gone
$ w2 {; j+ K$ x0 [* r  n: M- n1 r　　Out into the night. Alas, how few
5 s4 A: g- U4 \1 b　　There are who strike in us a chord we knew
/ C3 v; s) Q/ \# v' k& \- U4 P2 M) `7 N　　Existed, but so seldom heard its tone
　　We tremble at the half-forgotten sound.
0 ]: Y& V- O9 m& ~　　The world is full of rude awakenings
' t/ L, [9 D) v# C/ m$ U, `4 [# k　　And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground,
$ x% c" w+ [( \9 b; d　　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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