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Some components of a thriving friendship are honesty,naturalness,thoughtfulness,some common interest.--- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and essayist. 确保友谊长青的要素是：诚实，朴实，自然，体贴和某些共同的兴趣。---拉

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The Tay Bridge DisasterBeautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of 1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time. 'Twas about seven o'clock at night

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Acclaimed Poet John Ashbery Dies At 90

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2006年VOA标准英语-Senegal Commemorates Its 'Poet President'

By Jordan Davis Dakar 10 October 2006 This year the French-speaking world has celebrated the life of late Senegalese Poet President Leopold Sedar Senghor. He is widely celebrated for his influential writing about panafricanism and African identity b

VOA标准英语2011--US Poet Laureate Captures Struggles of W

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Hollie McNish is a British poet and a spoken word artist whose videos have millions of views on YouTube, like this one, entitled Embarrassed, about all the flak that McNish got for breastfeeding her daughter in public. (SOU

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The beloved poet Mary Oliver has died. During her lifetime, Oliver accomplished something few poets ever do. She not only made a living writing poetry. She was also a bestseller. Her poems often explore the link between nature and