Annabel Lee

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

Annabel lee

She was a child and I was a child

In this kingdom by the sea

But we loved with a love that was more than love

Me and my annabel lee

With a love that the wingèd seraphs of heaven

Coveted her and me

Annabel lee

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

Annabel lee

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 blew out of the cloud by night

Chilling and killing my annabel lee

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we

Yes our love it was stronger by far than the love

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

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

In her tomb by the sounding sea

Annabel lee

Annabel lee