国外经典英文短诗：To a Friend

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国外经典英文短诗：
       To a Friend
) P, z" e4 A9 r: T　　I ask but one thing of you, only one,
' n6 K* c. N3 l4 @' ~- L1 ~) t　　That always you will be my dream of you;
　　That never shall I wake to find untrue
, L- d6 C' X0 `5 R+ _　　All this I have believed and rested on,
　　Forever vanished, like a vision gone
　　Out into the night. Alas, how few
9 r; y6 K2 S# M; `! k0 M+ q　　There are who strike in us a chord we knew
6 G; H5 S1 a, x) D2 i7 u1 k　　Existed, but so seldom heard its tone
　　We tremble at the half-forgotten sound.
& K# j* H7 k8 e) f3 M' i' A1 y& @　　The world is full of rude awakenings
　　And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground,
　　Yet still our human longing vainly clings
& t& @4 m' E5 k+ [" S; l: W　　To a belief in beauty through all wrongs.
　　O stay your hand, and leave my heart its songs!

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