Edgar Allan Poe

(Boston, 1809 - Baltimore, 1849)

Annabel Lee It was many and many years ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom yo may know By the name o! "##"B$% %$$& "nd this maiden she lived with no other tho ght Than to love and be loved by me' I was a (hild and she was a (hild, In this kingdom by the sea& B t we loved with a love that was more than loveI and my "nnabel %ee& )ith a love that the winged sera*hs o! heaven +oveted her and me' "nd this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, " wind blew o t o! a (lo d, (hilling ,y bea ti! l "nnabel %ee& -o that her highborn kinsman (ame "nd bore her away !rom me, To sh t her * in a se* l(hre In this kingdom by the sea' The angels, not hal! so ha**y in heaven )ent envying her and me.es/- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind (ame o t o! the (lo d by night, +hilling and killing my "nnabel %ee' B t o r love it was stronger by !ar than the love 0! those who were older than we0! many !ar wiser than we"nd neither the angels in heaven above, #or the demons down nder the sea, +an ever dissever my so l !rom the so l 0! the bea ti! l "nnabel %ee'

1or the moon never beams witho t bringing me dreams 0! the bea ti! l "nnabel %ee& "nd the stars never rise b t I !eel the bright eyes 0! the bea ti! l "nnabel %ee& "nd so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side 0! my darling- my darling- my li!e and my bride, In the se* l(hre there by the sea, In her tomb by the so nding sea'