Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee

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

- Edgar Allan Poe

Comments

[kim mailhot]

Lovely,colorful, "Poe"tic Annabel Lees, Kelly.

Happy Sunday !

[Dale]

That was always my favorite of the poe works. In high school, i especially loved it. It was the only poetry i ever truely loved in high school.

[Anne Hartman]

Love the face paintings! They remind me of a local artist I think you might like, her name is Bekah Ash and hew website is here:
http://www.bekahash.com/index.html
A good friend of mine collects her work. Hope you enjoy it!
Anne

[Michelle Remy]

I totally dig these pieces, Kelly! I would love that face as a hand-carved stamp! Thank you for posting these! Really revs my brain for our POEtic Exchange!
xo, Michelle