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" thing of evil— prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Clasp a rare... "
The New Anthology of American Poetry: Traditions and Revolutions, Beginnings ... - Page 325
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The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, with Original Memoir. Illustrated by ...

Edgar Allan Poe - 1866 - 200 pages
...— is there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me. I implore 1 " Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore." " Prophet ! " said I, " thing of evil — prophet still,...shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Leuore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore." Quoth the liaven, " Nevermore."...
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One Hundred Choice Selections in Poetry and Prose: Both New and Old ...

Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 204 pages
...said I, "thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil! By that heaven that bends above us—by that God we both adore, Tell this soul, with sorrow...angels name Lenore!" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore!" " Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shriek'd, " Get thee back into the tempest and...
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Poetical readings and recitations, by R. and T. Armstrong

Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 pages
...forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Eaven : " Nevermore !" " Prophet," said I, " thing of evil—prophet still, if bird or devil! By that heaven that bends...this soul, with sorrow laden, if within the distant Aiden, It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels name Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom...
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor)., Volume 17

1881 - 996 pages
...that wonderful poem which first saw the light just two years before that very day when he sang — " Prophet ! " said I, " thing of evil !— prophet still,...above us — by that God we both adore — Tell this sonl with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1866 - 526 pages
...— is there balm in Gilead 1 — tell me — tell me, I implore t " Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." " Prophet ! " said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet...bends above us — by that God we both adore — Tell tliis soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aidenn,* It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom...
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...relieves pain and exhilarates. Tell this soul, vrith sorrow laden, if, •within the distant Aidenn,1 It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels name...; Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels nameLenore !" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore !" 17. " Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend...
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The Critical Essays of a Country Parson

Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1867 - 400 pages
...despair. And at this point in the induction, Poe assures us he first ' put pen to paper,' and wrote the stanza: — ' Prophet ! ' said I, ' thing of evil...angels name Lenore ?' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore !' This stanza was to form the climax of the poem ; and no other was permitted to be so vigorous. Originality...
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Sanders' Rhetorical, Or, Union Sixth Reader: Embracing a Full Exposition of ...

Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...said I, "thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil! By that heaven that bends above us—by that God we both adore, Tell this soul, with sorrow...radiant maiden, whom the angels name Lenore !" Quoth the raven,—"Nevermore!" XVII. " Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting—...
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Comstock's Elocution, Enlarged: A System of Vocal Gymnastics Designed for ...

Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 pages
...— is there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me, I implore !" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore !" " Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet still,...angels name Lenore !" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore !" " Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend !" I shriek'd, upstarting — " Get thee back...
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The American Union Speaker: Containing Standard and Recent Selections in ...

John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pages
...nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore ! " " Prophet," said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet still,...this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aiden, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden...
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