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; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Interpretation
This quote expresses an eternal love and deep longing for a lost partner.
In this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, the speaker reflects on the profound affection he holds for Annabel Lee, who remains ever-present in his dreams and memories. Despite her physical absence, her beauty and the bond they shared continue to inspire feelings of love and melancholy, as he lies beside her tomb reflecting on their undying connection, illustrating how love transcends even death.
In practice
In a wedding speech to emphasize enduring love.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Most writers - poets in especial - prefer having it understood that they compose by a species of fine frenzy - an ecstatic intuition - and would positively shudder at letting the public take a peep behind the scenes.
...the agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair.
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best have gone to their eternal rest.
I could have clasped the red walls to my bosom as a garment of eternal peace. "Death," I said, "any death but that of the pit!" Fool! might I have not known that into the pit it was the object of the burning iron to urge me?
In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.
Once that living love is destroyed by contraception, abortion follows very easily.
I thought my heart had been wounded with the claws of a lion.
So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write it as you will. So I be written in the Book of Love.
I choose to love this time for once with all my intelligence -from "Splittings
It is when we love the other, the enemy, that we obtain from God the key to an understanding of who He is, and who we are.
Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.
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