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;\u2014
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She<\/em> was a child and I<\/em> was a child, And this was the reason that, long ago, The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, But our love it was stronger by far than the love For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love\u2014
I and my Annabel Lee\u2014
With a love that the wing\u00e9d seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud by night
Chilling my Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of those who were older than we\u2014
Of many far wiser than we\u2014
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride
In her sepulchre there by the sea\u2014
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
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