Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANNABEL LEE, by STANLEY HUNTLEY First Line: Twas more than a million years ago Last Line: But I should have had my annabel lee. Variant Title(s): Annnabel Lee Subject(s): Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) | ||||||||
'TWAS more than a million years ago, Or so it seems to me, That I used to prance around and beau The beautiful Annabel Lee. There were other girls in the neighborhood But none was a patch to she. And this was the reason that long ago, My love fell out of a tree, And busted herself on a cruel rock; A solemn sight to see, For it spoiled the hat and gown and looks Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. We loved with a love that was lovely love, I and my Annabel Lee, And we went one day to gather the nuts That men call hickoree. And I stayed below in the rosy glow While she shinned up the tree, But no sooner up than down kerslup Came the beautiful Annabel Lee. And the pallid moon and the hectic noon Bring gleams of dreams for me, Of the desolate and desperate fate Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. And I often think as I sink on the brink Of slumber's sea, of the warm pink link That bound my soul to Annabel Lee; And it wasn't just best for her interest To climb that hickory tree, For had she stayed below with me, We'd had no hickory nuts maybe, But I should have had my Annabel Lee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAUNTING POE'S BALTIMORE by ALLEN GINSBERG HIWAY POESY L.A. TO WICHITA by ALLEN GINSBERG THE POETS OF HELL by KARL SHAPIRO POE'S COTTAGE AT FORDHAM by JOHN HENRY BONER THE BRIDGE: 7. THE TUNNEL by HAROLD HART CRANE HAIL TEESSIDE! by CECIL DAY LEWIS |
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