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    Oh, we were so young, younger than the breeze    Children of the wide and wild sea       But we loved with a love that was more than love    I and Annabel Lee    With a love that each creature in Heaven or Hell    Went envyin' my pretty girl and me       Oh please have mercy, wi th the human fate    We're much too young, for the deathman's blade       But a chill wind blew and took her right away    And through my tears I had to see    That she was gone    Taken all away from me       And the moon never beams without bringin' me dreams    Of my beloved girl    And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes    Of my dear and faithful Annabel Lee