ANNABEL LEE It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; — And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. She was a child and I was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love I and my Annabel Lee With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven And this was the reason that, long ago, A wind blew out of a cloud, by night So that her high-born kinsmen came To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me: — Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud, chilling And killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes And so. all the night-tide. I lie down by the side In her tomb by the sounding sea. |