Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted,... Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Page 162by Edgar Allan Poe - 1869 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
..."Nevermore." "Prophet!" said T, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,...haunted — tell me truly, I implore — Is there — in there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore." "... | |
| 1848 - 780 pages
...Nevermore.' " ' Prophet !' said I, ' thing of evil !— prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,...enchanted— On this home by Horror haunted— tell me truly, 1 implore— Is there — it there balm in Gilead? — lell me — tell me, 1 implore !' Quoth the... | |
| 1845 - 778 pages
...Nevermore." " Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil !— prophet still, if bird or devil!— Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert Innd enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted— lell me truly, I implore — Is there— is there... | |
| Henry Allon - 1886 - 618 pages
...self-contempt, its semi-consciousness of wilful delusion, culminates in the author's favourite stanza — ' Prophet ! ' said I, ' thing of evil ! prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that Heaven that l>ends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if within the distant... | |
| 1845 - 688 pages
...Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Let me quaff this kind Nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore." " Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! — Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thec here ashore, Desolate,... | |
| 1845 - 732 pages
...Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Let me quaff this kind Nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore !" up of English matter, have got all the money, and a few of the most eager pretenders hav if bird or devil ! — Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate,... | |
| 1847 - 434 pages
...Nevermore." " Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! — Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,...Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil t By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore — Tell this soul... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...more ! ' ' Prophet ! ' said I, ' thine; of evil !— prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,...On this home by horror haunted — tell me truly, 1 implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead? tell me— tell me, I implore ! ' Quoth the Raven,... | |
| 1851 - 608 pages
...passages of fine natural passion and expression : for instance, — " Prophet." snid I, " thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that Heaven that bends abovo us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aidenn,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...Never more ! " "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil !— prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,...— tell me — tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven " Never more." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil— prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that heaven... | |
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