 Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly...  THE CHIEF AMERICAN POETS - Page 50by CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 602 pages
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 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly, grim and ancient Haven, wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what...its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. "Then this ebon bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave...Though its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore ; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above... | |
 | 1845 - 648 pages
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 | 1845 - 732 pages
...an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — creature from out the subtlest elements within this...desolation would be won at last, and pa«,ng into its life, 1 marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning — little... | |
 | 1845 - 688 pages
...an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber...— Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutoman shore !" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore." Much 1 marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1884 - 44 pages
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 | 1847 - 434 pages
...an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber...its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore ; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above... | |
 | 1850 - 766 pages
...minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber doorPerched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—...ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore— Tell mo what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore.' " Perhaps... | |
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