“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
“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.”
Painting by Elizabeth Melton Parsons
October 28, 2014 at 11:35 am
this was grandpa Walton’s favorite poem.
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October 30, 2014 at 2:10 pm
Yes, it certainly was, Rachel. Loved those Walton’s. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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October 28, 2014 at 12:00 pm
I always liked this one too!
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October 30, 2014 at 2:12 pm
Hi, Hollis. Thanks for reading. BTW, love the new gravatar pic. Very nice! 🙂
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October 30, 2014 at 3:21 pm
Thank you. The old one was so dark!!!!
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October 28, 2014 at 12:02 pm
Beautiful poem to brighten up the afternoon…thanks, Elizabeth!
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October 30, 2014 at 2:13 pm
You’re welcome, Jill. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and read it. 🙂
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October 28, 2014 at 12:08 pm
I absolutely LOVE this poem. It’s wonderful.
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October 30, 2014 at 2:21 pm
Hi, and welcome, ilovemusic. (Sorry, I don’t know your name) Thanks so much for taking the time to visit. You have some very powerful poems on your blog. I enjoyed browsing around for a while today. 🙂
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October 31, 2014 at 7:30 am
aww….thanks for that…and thanks for all ur comments and likes….they are so valuable n important to me okay I’m Aroona XD lol
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October 28, 2014 at 1:06 pm
I’ve always loved Poe 🙂
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October 30, 2014 at 2:22 pm
Me too! Me too! 😆 Thanks so much, Morgan.
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October 29, 2014 at 4:04 pm
Love the poem…thanks for sharing… 🙂
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October 30, 2014 at 2:23 pm
Thanks so much for coming by, Maniparna. Have a lovely afternoon.:)
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October 30, 2014 at 6:40 am
I think I like this poem because it is so radically different from what I normally associate with him, showing there was a tender side to Poe as well. (And he was born in Boston, MA. Just throwing that in since my recent visit there.)
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October 30, 2014 at 2:26 pm
Thanks, Renee. Poe was a definite romantic. Most would argue the point with me, but that’s how I see him. Do they have a lot of Poe related things in Boston? Always wanted to visit Boston. 🙂
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November 7, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Sigh, what a passionate write from Poe about how love goes deeply to the soul!
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November 8, 2014 at 7:59 am
Indeed, Christy. I think he could write with such emotion because he’d lived it. Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment. 🙂
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November 18, 2014 at 1:06 pm
Even a dim person like me could appreciate that one! 🙂
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November 21, 2014 at 10:30 am
LOL…You, my dear, are anything but dim. 🙂
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November 21, 2014 at 12:55 pm
Hehe…you have NO idea!! 😀
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