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It was many years 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.

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 –
I and my Annabel Lee –
With a love that winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud by night
Chilling my Annabel Lee;
So that her high born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulcher
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 a wind came out of a cloud, 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 those who were wiser than we –
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from 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 see the 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 sepulcher by the sea –
In her tomb by the side of the sea.