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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.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Vic Bassetti
(11/19/2009 12:05:00 PM) |
Everyone says how beautiful they think this poem is but if find it more twisted and disturbing. The guy that Poe is writing about is literally laying next to his rotting dead wife in the closed space of the tomb...
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Shiela Marie Anunciacion
(11/9/2009 5:53:00 AM) |
I've used this poem by Edgar Allan Poe in my declamation during my second year in high school... and I won the championship. That's why this poem is something really memorable for me. I love how much the author remembers Annabel... ^_^
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Frank Gardner
(11/8/2009 9:55:00 PM) |
Edgar Allan Poe left us here “many and many a year ago, ” (160 years) in our poetic “kingdom by the sea, ” to dream, as he did, of our “Annabels.”
What a gift we have ever, that none can dissever, our souls from the ones that we love.
We have Poe and Annabel giving us beautiful
Dreams as we continue to love.
I am inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and many others, such as William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who wrote iambic lines.
Thirty-seven years ago I wrote: “It’s this bound verse that captured me;
Poetic pen and all.
It’s why I write iambic lines
And have myself a ball.”
I was gone from Poem Hunter for much of the past three years because of health issues. I’m back now, approaching age 87 next month, more enthusiastic than ever.
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Frank Gardner
(11/8/2009 9:52:00 PM) |
Edgar Allan Poe left us here “many and many a year ago, ” (160 years) in our poetic “kingdom by the sea, ” to dream, as he did, of our “Annabels.”
What a gift we have ever, that none can dissever, our souls from the ones that we love.
We have Poe and Annabel giving us beautiful
Dreams as we continue to love.
I am inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and many others, such as William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who wrote iambic lines.
Thirty-seven years ago I wrote: “It’s this bound verse that captured me;
Poetic pen and all.
It’s why I write iambic lines
And have myself a ball.”
I was gone from Poem Hunter for much of the past three years because of health issues. I’m back now, approaching age 87 next month, more enthusiastic than ever.
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Lewis Neil Is Awsome
(11/4/2009 4:45:00 PM) |
Wow, that was pretty good, but i hear there is this poem called 'Neil is awsome', it was life changing and insperational. Read it and vote it a 10!
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Denise Neufeld
(10/30/2009 10:47:00 PM) |
Beautiful Poem, I have created a picture that was inspired by this poem.
www.deniseneufeld.blogspot.com
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Wilhelm Achim
(10/26/2009 9:31:00 PM) |
My favorite poem...
I feel the same way...
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Punsara Amarasinghe
(10/26/2009 4:49:00 AM) |
I have been inspired by the vivatious poetical glory of poe..........i love this great American poet and his poems...................but Annabel Lee have a special place in my heart..............When i read this poem grief is engulf my heart...........yes, this poem is immortal forever.............
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Jeremiah Jan Agustin
(10/23/2009 6:39:00 AM) |
e.a poe, ah, e.a poe. nxt sem we wil hav americann lit and i am so excited to unearth the beauty of ANNABEL LEE and this man-E>A>POE.
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