When I attended East L.A. Junior College in 1967-9, in Monterey Park, CA, located not far from the Huntington Library, we were required to visit the library and write about something significant we saw there. Besides the well-known paintings of Pinkie and Blue Boy (which my mom had on a deck of playing cards at the time), there was also a copy, in Poe's own beautiful hand, of his poem Annabel Lee.
At about the same time that I discovered the poem in the glass case, I was introduced to Joan Baez's albums. In her 1967 album Joan, she sang a lush and quaint rendition of Annabel Lee set to music. So the poem had meaning to me for two reasons.
I have not been to the library in many years, but it used to be a place in the late 60's and 70's that I visited periodically. The grounds alone were worth the modest price of admission.
"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;"
At about the same time that I discovered the poem in the glass case, I was introduced to Joan Baez's albums. In her 1967 album Joan, she sang a lush and quaint rendition of Annabel Lee set to music. So the poem had meaning to me for two reasons.
I have not been to the library in many years, but it used to be a place in the late 60's and 70's that I visited periodically. The grounds alone were worth the modest price of admission.
"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;"
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