Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber... American Poets and Their Theology - Page 199by Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1916 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1845 - 778 pages
...saintly days of yore ; Sot Ike least obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or niyed be ; Bat, wjth mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Bj the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ''Thoojh thy crest be shorn and shaven,... | |
| 1848 - 780 pages
...the saintly days of yore; Not the lean obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or 34 Edgar A. Poe. But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. "Then this ebon bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it... | |
| 1850 - 762 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 —...countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and eharen, thou,' I paid, ' art sure no craven. Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly... | |
| 1850 - 766 pages
...of the saintly days of yore, Not the least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stem decorum of the countenance it wore, • Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, '... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...Of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he ; Not an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, With mien of lord or lady, Perched above my chamber...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more." The last stanza is very felicitous. How visibly the poet's intention to produce effect by the outer... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...there stepped a stately raven Not the least obeisance made he ; Not an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, Perched above my chamber...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more." The last stanza is very felicitous. How visibly the poet's intention to produce effect by the outer... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastty, grim, and ancient Raven wandering from the nightly shore— Tell me what thy lordly name is... | |
| 1852 - 620 pages
...of the saintly days of yore : Not the least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But with mien of Lord or Lady, perched above my chamber...countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thour' I said, ' art sure no craven, Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the nightly shore,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...chamber door — Perched and sat, and nothing more. 8. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and slern decorum of the... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...of the saintly days of yore : Not the' least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; UW/ Ƈ> ̵_ ݑ ?u v ^Ϛڻ ? e 0 爽vs.]| /߿ HN Hd E bast of Pallas, just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. " Then this ebony... | |
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