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 THE POET 235 �they are, as the two high-water marks of Transatlantic verse." Do not read "kinsman" instead of "kinsmen" in the line, �So that her high-born kinsmen came. Poe meant the angels, not death.] �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. �7 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 �I and my ANNABEL LEE With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven �Coveted her and me. �And this was the reason that, long ago, �In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew put of a cloud, chilling �My beautiful ANNABEL LEE; So that her highborn kinsmen came �And 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 and me Yes ! that was the reason (as all men know, �In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came put of the cloud by night, �Chilling and 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 And 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; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes �Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE: ��� �