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 And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than 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 love that was more than love I and my Annabel Lee With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me 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 a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me 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 by night Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee The wind came out of the cloud by night Annabel Lee Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee Annabel Lee The wind came out of the cloud by night Annabel Lee
But our love it 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
Annabel Lee The wind came out of the cloud by night Annabel Lee Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee Annabel Lee The wind came out of the cloud by night Annabel Lee Chilling and killing my 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 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 In her tomb by the sound of the sea
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— In her tomb by the sound of the sea