“‘It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
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.’
The first four lines,” said I, “do very well, for it doesn’t matter
how long ago you lived--and who can tell? But--I fancy you live
with other thoughts than that mentioned.”
“I fancy I do,” said my friend Annabel Lee.