"Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe
| Poem Transcription Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee. And this maiden she lived with no other thought But to love and be loved by me. “ I was a child and she was a child In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a loved that was more than love I, and my Annabel Lee With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. “ And this was the reason that long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of the cloud chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee. So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. “ The angels not so happy in Heaven Went envying her and me, Yes! that is the reason (as all men know) In this kingdom by the sea That the wind came out of the cloudchilling “ But our love was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we Of many far wiser than we, 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. “ For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes, Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. And 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 In her tomb by the sounding sea. “ Edgar Allan Poe. | Information about this Poem Biography of Edgar Allan Poe Description of the poem's formal elements Explication of the poem |
