Busy Little Bee!

Well, today’s been very busy and somewhat provoking so I’m sorry to say I didn’t have much time to write a blog post. My birthday’s coming up very soon and I’m busying planning a nicely themed Victorian Tea Party! Not to mention having had extension classes after school today. To be honest I haven’t even had time to make dinner yet! I didn’t want to neglect my newly reconstructed blog for the day so I thought I would leave you with my favorite poem by Edgar Allen Poe.

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 highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulcher
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 sepulcher there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl

This is (in my opinion) one of the most adorable and hilariously creepy cartons and comics I have ever seen, created by Roman Dirge. Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl stars an adorable little girl named Lenore (of course!), who is based on the Poem Lenore and other contributing poems (For example The Raven) by Edgar Allen Poe, and her vampire dolly sidekick: Ragamuffin. Throughout the series we follow Lenore and Ragamuffin throughout various scenarios watching adoringly, horrified and amused all at once.

Lenore is, of course, a little dead girl who comes back to life to play and explore in a small town called Nevermore. She keeps many pets and loves creatures but ends up killing them all in her naive innocence. We follow her through her adventures of exploring the wilderness of her mansion and nearby graveyard. Ragamuffin on the other hand is much older and wiser, having been a vampire in a former life which was turned into a doll by one of his victim’s, sister. Lenore found him and added him to her toy box, happily unaware.

At first glance this cartoon will seem very childish but it can also be very gruesome and darkly humored. Surprisingly a lot of aspects of the cartoon and comic are based of the works of Edgar Allen Poe, including the name of the town, Nevermore (From The Raven) and other such features. I’m sure this cartoon won’t be for everyone but it is only 26 episodes of only fifteen minute and worth checking out! Roman Dirges website (Which is listed below) also has a gallery of his finer artwork. Why not have a look and release your inner Gothling? Who knows, you might enjoy it.

—SaryWalrus AKA Lucy Diamond

P.S. All pictures are taken from Roman Dirge’s website. Here’s the free link to Roman Dirges official website, enjoy! Link.