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 The moon never beams The stars never rise All the night-tide I lie down by the side I feel the bright eyes Bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee The angels, not half so happy in Heaven Went envying her and me That the wind came out of the cloud by night Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee 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 My darling My darling My life and my bride In her sepulchre there by the sea The beautiful Annabel Lee This was the reason that, long ago In this kingdom by the sea That her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me To shut her up in a sepulchre My beautiful Annabel Lee Our love it was stronger by far Of those who were older than we Our love it was stronger by far Of many far wiser than we We loved with a love that was more than love I and my Annabel Lee With a love that the wingèd 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, by night Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee 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 My darling My darling My life and my bride In her sepulchre there by the sea The beautiful Annabel Lee
