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.

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;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that long ago
In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew out of a cloud chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

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

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

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.Annabel Lee

 

特别喜欢爱伦坡（Edgar Alan Poe）的这首《安娜贝尔*李》。总是让我想起，那样童话般的意境：大海、草房子、繁星、微风、烛光、寂静。

 

回想小时候，常常在夏夜，和她一起去抓萤火虫，有时候只是看星星，有时候只是纳凉。

 

具体的情节已经忘了，只是记得那时的夜很柔美、很温馨。

 

乡村的夜，被各种传说、鬼怪、妖精、恶兽、亡魂所充满。黑夜，就是另外一个世界。只有白天属于活着的人们。

 

而我们在这样的夜里，忘记了恐惧。

 

小男孩因此变得勇敢，只因为了他心中的"Annabel Lee".