Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one burden bore, —... The North British review - Page 4051852Full view - About this book
| 1848 - 780 pages
...Nevermore.' "Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, ' Doubtless,' said 1, 'what it • rs is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy...unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster, tilt his songs one burden bore — Till the dirge< of bis Hope that melancholy burden bore Of ' Nevermore'... | |
| 1845 - 778 pages
...leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Then the bird said "Nevermore." Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless" said I, " what it utters i.< its only stock an-l store Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast... | |
| 1845 - 732 pages
...leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Quoth the raven, " Nevermore." Wondering at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said...unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster — so, when Hope he would adjure, Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure... | |
| 1845 - 688 pages
...leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Quoth the raven, " Nevermore." Wondering at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said...unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster — so, when Hope he would adjure, Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...leave me, as my hopes have flown before.' Then the bird said, ' Never more.' Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, ' Doubtless,' said...whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed fester, 'till his songs one burden boreTill the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore, Of... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1851 - 256 pages
...were very intimate with him, a reflection and an echo of his own history. He was that bird's " — — Unhappy master, Whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster, Till his songs the burden bore — Till the dirges of his hope, the Melancholy burden bore Of ' Never, never-more.'... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' ۧr F: k I]-] D T6 3 =<6 i/ % ' s c F ް g~& M$} = $... % ^X W 6 ƥ g ĝB, B{ #t,2 c] M| @ :( follwed faster, till his songs one burden bore — Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such a name as " Nevermore." 10. Startled at the stillness, broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said...melancholy burden bore, Of — " Never — nevermore." 11. But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Then the bird said, " Never more." Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said...Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one bur. den bore— Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore. Of' Never—never more.'... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...leave me, As my hopes have flown before." Then the bird said " Nevermore." Startled at the stillness broken By reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, " what it utters Is it* only Block and store Caught from some unhappy master Whom unmerciful Disaster Follow'd fast and... | |
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