1It was many and many a year ago, 

2   In a kingdom by the sea, 

3That a maiden there lived whom you may know 

4   By the name of Annabel Lee; 

5And this maiden she lived with no other thought 

6   Than to love and be loved by me. 

7I was a child and she was a child, 

8   In this kingdom by the sea, 

9But we loved with a love that was more than love— 

10   I and my Annabel Lee— 

11With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven 

12   Coveted her and me. 

13And this was the reason that, long ago, 

14   In this kingdom by the sea, 

15A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling 

16   My beautiful Annabel Lee; 

17So that her highborn kinsmen came 

18   And bore her away from me, 

19To shut her up in a sepulchre 

20   In this kingdom by the sea. 

21The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, 

22   Went envying her and me— 

23Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, 

24   In this kingdom by the sea) 

25That the wind came out of the cloud by night, 

26   Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. 

27But 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— 

30And neither the angels in Heaven above 

31   Nor the demons down under the sea 

32Can ever dissever my soul from the soul 

33   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; 

34For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams 

35   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; 

36And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes 

37   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; 

38And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side 

39   Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, 

40   In her sepulchre there by the sea— 

41   In her tomb by the sounding sea.