Annabel Lee

It happened to be just the other day,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That I heard the broken tears of a maiden whom you may know

By the name of Annabel Lee

This maiden she sobbed, as did I, because she could no longer 

Love and be loved by me.

I had aged, and she had aged,

In this kingdom by the sea,

But yet even with a failing heart, I still have love for 

I and my Annabel Lee,

And I mourn for what was lost because so many 

Coveted her and me.

I sit alone, and pass time skipping stones

In this kingdom by the sea,

And day and night I recall the chilling of

My beautiful Annabel Lee;

The ocean of my tears swallowed her,

And bore her away from me;

I imagine that now she sleeps alone,

In this kingdom by the sea.

When a love is stronger than the magic of angels, 

Many went envying her and me -

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

In this kingdom by the sea)

That I was left alone and lost after our demons came,

Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. 

Though it is true that they tried, with hatred in their eyes,

They came after her and me

I held onto her as tightly as I could,

And I shattered as she was thrown into the sea

Perhaps my cries were heard, as I screamed 

"Come back to me, my beautiful, the beautiful 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;

As the sun goes down and shines its last gleam, I dream 

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And oh the stars how they fall, life means nothing at all, without the light

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee,

And all night I abide, I remain by her side

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

The most sane I have ever been, I jumped heart first into the sea 

To join the beautiful Annabel Lee,

Now I lay with her, sleeping soundly, 

In her tomb in the sounding sea.