这是一组包含10首很短的外国诗的精选，这些诗歌简短精练，却又意味深长，让人感受到诗歌的魅力。

1. 离别之歌（Goodbye, My Love）

作者：Robert Bridges

Goodbye, my love,

the valley calls,

and I must go.

这首诗表达了离别的苦涩，作者用简短的语言表达出了深情的别离之情。

2. 一只蚊子（A Mosquito）

作者：William Jay Smith

A mosquito

knows full well,

small as he is

he's heaven and hell.

这首诗用生动的比喻表达出蚊子的矛盾性格，以及微小的生命也有伟大的意义。

3. 沙地上的脚印（Footprints in the Sand）

作者：Mary Stevenson

One night I dreamed a dream.

I was walking along the beach with my Lord.

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.

For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,

one belonging to me and one to my Lord.

这首诗是一首宗教诗歌，表达了信仰与希望的力量。

4. 孤独之歌（Solitude）

作者：Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone;

For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,

But has trouble enough of its own.

这首诗讲述了孤独的感受，作者用简单明了的语言表现出了人类在世界上的孤独感。

5. 青蛙（Frog）

作者：Anonymous

A frog in a well

knows nothing of the ocean.

这首诗用形象生动的比喻表达了狭隘的视野与无知的局限性。

6. 悲伤之歌（Sorrow）

作者：Edna St. Vincent Millay

Sorrow like a ceaseless rain

Beats upon my heart.

People twist and scream in pain,

Dawn will find them still again;

This has neither wax nor wane,

Neither stop nor start.

这首诗表达了悲伤的感受，用简短的语言表现出了悲伤的煎熬和持久性。

7. 猫（The Cat）

作者：William Wordsworth

She was a phantom of delight

When first she gleamed upon my sight;

A lovely apparition, sent

To be a moment's ornament.

这首诗描绘了一只可爱的猫，表达出作者对自然美的赞美。

8. 夜晚之歌（Night）

作者：William Blake

The sun descending in the west,

The evening star does shine;

The birds are silent in their nest,

And I must seek for mine.

这首诗描绘了夜晚的景象，表达出作者对自然的敏感和感受。

9. 草地上的蛇（The Snake）

作者：Emily Dickinson

A narrow fellow in the grass

Occasionally rides;

You may have met him, -- did you not,

His notice sudden is.

这首诗用生动的比喻描绘了草地上的蛇，表现出了作者对自然万物的敏感和观察力。

10. 痛苦之歌（Pain）

作者：Kahlil Gibran

Your pain is the breaking of the shell

That encloses your understanding.

这首诗表达了痛苦的感受，用简短的语言表现出了痛苦对于人类心灵成长的重要性。