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. 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 winged seraphs in Heaven Coveted her and me This was the reason that, long ago In this kingdom by the sea The winds 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 a 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, 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 my beautiful Annabel Lee. And so, all the nighttide, 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 side of the sea.
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. 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 winged seraphs in Heaven Coveted her and me This was the reason that, long ago In this kingdom by the sea The winds 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 a 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, 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 my beautiful Annabel Lee. And so, all the nighttide, 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 side of the sea.
