Edgar Allan Poe

This is my favorite poet. I have read almost every book published with his poetry in it. My favorite poem by him is "The Raven" and I know that sounds like such a cliche but it is my favorite. I have had numerous people tell me that their favorite poem by him is Annabel Lee, since "The Raven" is far too long I will post that poem.

Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago,
   In a kingdom by the sea,
om you may know
   By the name of Annabel L
That a maiden there lived w
hee;
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;
ed seraphs of heaven
   Coveted her and me.

With a love that the win
gAnd this was the reason that, long ago,
w out of a cloud, chilling
   
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind bl
eMy beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
  In this kingdom by the sea.
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre

 

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
   Went envying her and me--
)
That the wind came out of the cloud by ni
Yes!--that was the reason (as all men know,
   In this kingdom by the se
aght,
   Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
ven above,
   Nor the demons down un
Of those who were older than we--
   Of many far wiser than we--
And neither the angels in he
ader the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:

d the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
 
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
A
n  Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling--my darling--my life and my bride,

In her sepulchre there by the sea,

In her tomb by the sounding sea.