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 by night
Chilling And killing my Annabel Lee.
“
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
|
