 I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow— sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant...  The North British review - Page 4041852Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 518 pages
...and swelleth out, around her motionless pale brow." And on turning to "The Raven " you will find : "The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple...filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before." 'Now, oh ! carping friend, it is quite probable neither the author of Childe Harold or the author of... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - American poetry - 1858 - 388 pages
...And the silken snd uneertain rustling of eaeh purple eurtain Thrilled me— filled me with fantastie terrors never felt before ; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood relating. " 'Tis some visitor entreating entranee at my ehamlier door — Some late visitor entreating... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 528 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the silken...to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating u 'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door — Some Iste visiter entreating entrance... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore-— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore. And the silken...uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before So that now, to still the beating of my heart,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...of sorrow, — sorrow for the lost Lenore, — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore,— Nameless here for evermore. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple, curtain Thrill'd me, — fiH'd me with fantastic terrors never felt before ; So that now, to still the beating... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the silken...late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door ; This it is, and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger ; hesitating then no longer, " Sir,"... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the silken...me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt be fore ; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeatin"' " 'Tis some visitor entreating... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...name Lenore — And the silken, sad, uncertain Rustling of each purple curtain Thrill'd me — fill'd me with fantastic Terrors never felt before ; So that...beating Of my heart, I stood repeating " 'Tis some visiter entreating Entrance at my chamber door— Some late visiter entreating Entrance at my chamber... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrill'd me — fill'd me with fantastic terrors never felt before ; So that now, to still the beating... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...surcease of sorrow, Sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden Whom the angels name Lenore : Nameless here for evermore. And the silken,...late visitor entreating Entrance at my chamber door: This it is, and nothing more." 298 Presently my soul grew stronger; Hesitating then no longer, "Sir,"... | |
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