Beautiful Annabel Lee

 

           

Poem: Annabel Lee
Author: Edgar Alan Poe
Artist: Jim Reeves

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 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 kinsman 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.

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 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 the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.


Rebecca Lin 2008 13 Summer In USA

 

 
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Thanks for sharing the sweet memories about this poem.
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Many many years ago I read this poem in Chinese from a book called "Zai Da Hai Bian" and this poem was one of those I read the most. The book is a selection of love poems. I liked that book very much and for some reason I could not find it any more but still remember the blue colour and the picture on the cover. Someday last week I searched that book on the internet and find that there are still people looking for that book.

Thanks for making this lovely blog posting.
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Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. Poe and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, films, and television. (Source: Wikipedia)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-9NUl42XmE
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