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 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
: ?8 `: T' g3 J　　All this I have believed and rested on,
　　Forever vanished, like a vision gone
/ W3 o2 P! {7 W# |! F　　Out into the night. Alas, how few
) k3 A; F  }* e3 H  F　　There are who strike in us a chord we knew
4 k! H, e% l# x) o　　Existed, but so seldom heard its tone
　　We tremble at the half-forgotten sound.
　　The world is full of rude awakenings
: A0 w( ?4 m0 d3 K　　And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground,
. F; g# f" i$ ?% l! i; ?  {* U! [　　Yet still our human longing vainly clings
( X+ o- W, ]% l0 ]7 Y: u　　To a belief in beauty through all wrongs.
' X% @3 _4 k' r: B+ _4 q# f　　O stay your hand, and leave my heart its songs!

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