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Annabel Lee
Memorize Annabel Lee poem
| Line# | Text |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was many and many a year ago, |
| 2 | in a kingdom by the sea, |
| 3 | That a maiden there lived who you may know |
| 4 | By the name of Annabel Lee; -- |
| 5 | And this maiden she lived with no other thought |
| 6 | than to love and be loved by me. |
| 7 | I was a child and she was a child, |
| 8 | In this kingdom by the sea; |
| 9 | But we loved with a love that was more than love-- |
| 10 | I and my Annabel Lee-- |
| 11 | With a love that the winged seraphs in Heaven |
| 12 | Coveted her and me. |
| 13 | And this was the reason, long ago, |
| 14 | In this kingdom by the sea, |
| 15 | A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling |
| 16 | My beautiful Annabel Lee; |
| 17 | So that her high-born kinsmen came |
| 18 | And bore her away from me, |
| 19 | To shut her up in a sepulchre, |
| 20 | In this kingdom by the sea. |
| 21 | The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, |
| 22 | Went envying her and me-- |
| 23 | Yes! - That was the reason (as all men know. |
| 24 | In this kingdom by the sea) |
| 25 | That the wind came out of the cloud by night, |
| 26 | Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. |
| 27 | But our love it was stronger by far than the love |
| 28 | Of those who were older than we-- |
| 29 | Of many far wiser than we-- |
| 30 | And neither the angels in Heaven above, |
| 31 | Nor the demons down under the sea, |
| 32 | Can ever dissever my sould from the soul |
| 33 | Of the beautiful Annabel Lee |
| 34 | For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams |
| 35 | Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; |
| 36 | And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes |
| 37 | Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; |
| 38 | And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side |
| 39 | Of my daarling-my darling-my life and my bride, |
| 40 | In her sepulchre there by the sea |
| 41 | In her tomb by the sounding sea |