Ruth Carlyle and David Barton - The Reply of Annabel Lee

O 'twas many and many a year ago
In this kingdom by the sea
That I was a maiden whom you once knew
By the name of Annabel Lee
And you were so bound that your every thought
Was to love and be loved by me
Our childhoods were wild as we rushed through the halls
Of this kingdom by the sea
We ran over sands and caressed the waves
With our laughter pure and free
The seraphs delighted to witness our love
And demons before it would flee
For ours was a love that was more than love
And all those around us could see
That its light would burn as a beam beyond
Your temporal Annabel Lee
For my flame was snuffed by the cold night wind
Chilling the life out of me
So my sorrowing kinsman shut me away
In this sepulchre by the sea
But only my body lies marble cold still
In this kingdom by the sea
For my eyes are the stars that watch over you
With a love spiritual and free
I enter your dreams through gentle moon beams
And my voice is the sounding sea
Oh hear me now, in the rush and the hush
My voice from the depths of the sea
My song in the sounding sea
For we loved with a love that was stronger than love
A love that can set you free
Our joy can never be washed away
For I am your Annabel Lee
Sleep secure in my love in the cool moon beams
I am always your Annabel Lee
Taste your life to the full, by sun and starlight
Rise in joy, beloved, be free
And so, from the sepulchre, my darling, ride
Far away, to a new life beside a new tide
Leave my seplchure here by the sea
Just know me in the sounding sea

Written by:
Eleanor Carlyle

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