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1.1 ! root 1: It was many and many a year ago, ! 2: In a kingdom by the sea, ! 3: That a maiden there lived whom you may know ! 4: By the name of Annabel Lee; ! 5: And this maiden she lived with no other thought ! 6: Than to love and be loved by me. ! 7: ! 8: I was a child and she was a child ! 9: In this kingdom by the sea, ! 10: But we loved with a love that was more than love -- ! 11: I and my Annabel Lee -- ! 12: With a love that the wing�d seraphs of Heaven ! 13: Coveted her and me. ! 14: ! 15: And this was the reason that, long ago, ! 16: In this kingdom by the sea, ! 17: A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling ! 18: My beautiful Annabel Lee; ! 19: So that her highborn kinsmen came ! 20: And bore her away from me, ! 21: To shut her up in a sepulchre ! 22: In this kingdom by the sea. ! 23: ! 24: The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, ! 25: Went envying her and me -- ! 26: Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, ! 27: In this kingdom by the sea) ! 28: That the wind came out of the cloud by night, ! 29: Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. ! 30: ! 31: But our love it was stronger by far than the love ! 32: Of those who were older than we -- ! 33: Of many far wiser than we -- ! 34: And neither the angels in Heaven above ! 35: Nor the demons down under the sea ! 36: Can ever dissever my soul from the soul ! 37: Of the beautiful Annabel Lee: ! 38: ! 39: For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams ! 40: Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; ! 41: And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes ! 42: Of the beautiful Annabel Lee: ! 43: And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side ! 44: Of my darling -- my darling -- my life and my bride, ! 45: In her sepulchre there by the sea -- ! 46: In her tomb by the sounding sea. ! 47: ! 48: [May, 1849]
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