My Friend Annabel Lee

My Friend Annabel Lee
BY Mary MacLane
Chicago Herbert S. Stone and Company MCMIII
COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY HERBERT S. STONE & COMPANY Issued September 1, 1903
TO LUCY GRAY, IN CHICAGO THIS BOOK AND ONE PALE LAVENDER FLOWER OF AMARANTH
MONTREAL
JULY, 1903

My Friend Annabel Lee
BUT the only person in Boston town who has given me of the treasure of her heart, and the treasure of her mind, and the touch of her fair hand in friendship, is Annabel Lee.
Since I looked for no friendship whatsoever in Boston town, this friendship comes to me with the gentleness of sunshowers mingled with cherry-blossoms, and there is a human quality in the air that rises from the bitter salt sea.
Years ago there was one who wrote a poem about Annabel Lee—a different lady from this lady, it may be, or perhaps it is the same—and so now this poem and this lady are never far from me.