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Annabelle Lee

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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 Annabelle Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me

I was a child and she was a child
In this kingdom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than love
Lord, I and my Annabelle Lee
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me
So that is the reason that, long ago
In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabelle Lee
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea

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 Annabelle Lee

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mimisa1 On Jul 30, 2007

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by Mellow_Harsher MOD

17y ago

Based on the poem by Edgar Allen Poe. Absolutely haunting.

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