It was many and many a year agonIn a kingdom by the seanThat a maiden there lived whom you may knownBy the name of Annabelle LeenAnd this maiden she lived with no other thoughtnThan to love and be loved by mennI was a child and she was a childnIn this kingdom by the seanBut we loved with a love that was more than lovenLord, I and my Annabelle LeenWith a love that the winged seraphs of heavennCoveted her and menSo that is the reason that, long agonIn this kingdom by the seanA wind blew out of a cloud, chillingnMy beautiful Annabelle LeenSo that her highborn kinsman camenAnd bore her away from menTo shut her up in a sepulchernIn this kingdom by the seannIt was many and many a year agonIn a kingdom by the seanThat a maiden there lived whom you may knownBy the name of Annabelle Lee