英文经典诗歌：To a Friend

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英文经典诗歌：To a Friend

　　I ask but one thing of you, only one,
　　That always you will be my dream of you;
% m% \* I$ {/ ]: \+ i+ O　　That never shall I wake to find untrue
& N  Y1 r4 O& D　　All this I have believed and rested on,
　　Forever vanished, like a vision gone
　　Out into the night. Alas, how few
　　There are who strike in us a chord we knew
. ]) P- o/ S7 c$ ], K- K　　Existed, but so seldom heard its tone
　　We tremble at the half-forgotten sound.
' q# Y1 X& u$ h& D. S' b( B: R　　The world is full of rude awakenings
　　And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground,
; H  T2 k8 Y' n& C% @3 g- ]　　Yet still our human longing vainly clings
" S! d; [4 i- F' A　　To a belief in beauty through all wrongs.
: q! t2 e2 @& n, @, m' O　　O stay your hand, and leave my heart its songs!
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