But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —... Cyclopadia of American Literature - Page 406by Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881Full view - About this book
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...seat in front of bird, and bust, and door ; Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird...syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burn 'd into my bosom's core; This, and more, I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...seat in front of bird, and bust, and door ; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird...ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking, " Nevermore." XIII. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiery eyes now... | |
| 1854 - 80 pages
...front of bird and bust and door ; Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy upon fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore, What...reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp Hght gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall... | |
| 1854 - 380 pages
...seat in Front of bird, and bust, and door ; Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking What this ominous bird...syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Bnrn'd into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, With my head at ease reclining On the cushion'd... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pages
...from Lenore, nor make him forgetful of the cushion which she had once pressed, but would press again fe, which punishes and rewards us by no arbitrary external penalties, hend at ea'e reclining On the cushion's ttliel lining. That the lamp-light glorílcd oVr, tint whose... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking What this ominous bird of yore — Wliat this grim, ungainly, ghastly, Gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking „Nevermore." This I sät engaged in guessing, But no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Burn'd into my... | |
| John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...seat in front of bird, and bust, and door ; Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." Thus.I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned... | |
| Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 pages
...seat in front of bird and bust and door. Theu, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird...gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " never more." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes... | |
| 1855 - 1416 pages
...scat in front of bird, and bust, and door; Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird...gaunt, and ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking ' Xevcr moie.' 89 THE IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned Into my bosom's... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...unto fancy, thinking What this ominous bird of yore — \Vhat this prim, ungainly, ghastly, Giiunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, Hut no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Burn'd into my bosom's core ; This and... | |
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