more than love

of all the poets & poems out there,

this is one of my most favorite

written by one of my favorites.

"annabel lee"  by: edgar allan poe

it was many & 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;

& this maiden she lived with no other thought

than to love & be loved by me.

i was a child & she was a child,

in this kingdom by the sea;

but we loved with a love that was more than love-

i & my annabel lee.

with a love that the winged seraphs of heaven

coveted her & me.

& this was the reason that, long ago,

in this kingdom by the sea,

a wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

my beautiful annabel lee;

so that her highborn kinsman came

& bore her away from me,

to shut her up in a sepulchre

in this kingdom by the sea.

the angels, not half so happy in heaven,

went envying her & me-

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

in this kingdom by the sea.)

that the wind came out of the cloud by night,

chilling & killing my 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-

& 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.

for the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

of the beautiful annabel lee;

& the stars never rise but i feel the bright eyes

of the beautiful annabel lee;

& so, all the night-tide, i lie down by the side 

of my darling- my darling- my life & my bride,

in the sepulchre there by the sea,

in her tomb by the sounding sea.