“ But we loved with a love that was more than love ”
Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee (1849). copy citation
| Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
|---|---|
| Source | Annabel Lee |
| Topic | love |
| Date | 1849 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44885 |
Context
“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.
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— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me.
And 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;” source
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— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me.
And 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;” source
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