Annabel Lee
Τι να πει κανείς για αυτό το αριστούργημα; Ένα από τα ομορφότερα ερωτικά ποιήματα όλων των εποχών... Όταν το πρωτοδιάβασα συγκλονίστηκα. Ήταν το τελευταίο ολοκληρωμένο ποίημα του E. A. Poe και δημοσιεύθηκε μετά το θάνατό του. Το παραθέτω χωρίς σχόλια: Annabel Lee 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 high-born kinsmen came And bore her away from be, 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--- Ye...