annabelle lee by edgar allan poe

Verse 1

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.

Chorus 1

Oh, Annabel Lee, beneath the night,

Your memory burns like a candlelight.

No angel, no darkness, no endless sea

Can break the love between you and me. my sweet my wife my lovely wedded bride no darkness no angel can take you from me no shadows no calling can never separate myself from the soul of the beautiful angel annabelle lee;

Verse 2

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.

Chorus 2

Oh, Annabel Lee, beneath the night,

Your memory burns like a candlelight.

No angel, no darkness, no endless sea

Can break the love between you and me. my sweet my wife my lovely wedded bride no darkness no angel can take you from me no shadows no calling can never separate myself from the soul of the beautiful angel annabelle lee;

Verse 3

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.

Chorus 3

Oh, Annabel Lee, beneath the night,

Your memory burns like a candlelight.

No angel, no darkness, no endless sea

Can break the love between you and me. my sweet my wife my lovely wedded bride no darkness no angel can take you from me no shadows no calling can never separate myself from the soul of the beautiful angel annabelle lee;

Verse 4

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.

Chorus 4

Oh, Annabel Lee, beneath the night,

Your memory burns like a candlelight.

No angel, no darkness, no endless sea

Can break the love between you and me. my sweet my wife my lovely wedded bride no darkness no angel can take you from me no shadows no calling can never separate myself from the soul of the beautiful angel annabelle lee;

Verse 5

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.

Chorus 5

Oh, Annabel Lee, beneath the night,

Your memory burns like a candlelight.

No angel, no darkness, no endless sea

Can break the love between you and me. my sweet my wife my lovely wedded bride no darkness no angel can take you from me no shadows no calling can never separate myself from the soul of the beautiful angel annabelle lee

Verse 6

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;

Chorus 6

Oh, Annabel Lee, beneath the night,

Your memory burns like a candlelight.

No angel, no darkness, no endless sea

Can break the love between you and me. my sweet my wife my lovely wedded bride no darkness no angel can take you from me no shadows no calling can never separate myself from the soul of the beautiful angel annabelle lee;

outro

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