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.

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art. Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart…

When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past. For years fleet away with the wings of the dove.The dearest remembrance will still be the last.Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love.