Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly... Life and Poems - Page 304by Edgar Allan Poe - 1879 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly, grim and ancient Haven, wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! " Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning — little... | |
| Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,"...grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore."... | |
| Periodicals - 1845 - 688 pages
...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,"...grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutoman shore !" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore."... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...this ebony bird beguiling My sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum Of the countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, Thou,'...Plutonian shore !' Quoth the raven, ' Nevermore.' " " Then, methought, the ah- grew denser, Perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by angels whose faint... | |
| Periodicals - 1850 - 762 pages
...stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and eharen, thou,' I paid, ' art sure no craven. Ghastly grim and ancient Raven...Night's Plutonian shore!' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore.' " Perhaps Poe would tell us that, in writing these stanzas, having determined, upon good reasons, to... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...this ebony bird beguiling My sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum Of the countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, Thou,'...grim and ancient raven Wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is On the Night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the raven, ' Nevermore.'... | |
| Periodicals - 1850 - 766 pages
...said, ' art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore— Tell mo what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore." " Perhaps Poe would tell us that, in writing these stanzas, having determined, upon good reasons, to... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...this ebony bird beguiling My sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum Of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, Thou,"...Plutonian shore !" Quoth the raven " Nevermore." Much I marvell'd this ungainly Fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning — Little... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,''...grim, and ancient Raven wandering from the nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore."... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and slern decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,"...grim and ancient Raven, wandering from the nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore ? " Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore."... | |
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