This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But... Crown Jewels or Gems of Literature Art and Music - Page 248by Henry Davenport Northrup - 1888 - 632 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Of ' Never — nevermore.' " But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight 1 wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust...the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methonght, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose... | |
| 1848 - 780 pages
...of bird, and bust, and door ; Then, upon the velvet sinking, 1 betook myself to linking Faocy onto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —...cushion's velvet lining, that the lamp-light gloated o'er, Bat whose velvet violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore !... | |
| 1845 - 732 pages
...returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure — That sad answer, " Nevermore !" But the raven etill beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I...velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But M-tvo"o volvot vinlpf lining with iho bHtlpligllt jçtoatillg О'бГ, She shall press, ah, nevermore... | |
| 1845 - 688 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." This Г sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by angels whose... | |
| 1847 - 434 pages
...gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, bat no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes...cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, Bat whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er. She shall press, ah, nevermore I Then,... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking ' Never mote.' This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...reclining On the cushion's velvet lining, that the lamp light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, Ske shall... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore — Meant in croaking " Nevermore." 12. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah ! nevermore ! IS. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by seraphim... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now turned ] H ( =_O> Z f K x. JԾ8 % N H 0t )ߕ ~ 1 Hʛ ' 7qv & Z ] d ̶ H3 3 ә | D aw " ~ q 5 nevermore ! " Then, methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by seraphim... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...Thin I sat engaged in guessing, But no syllable expressing To the fowl whose tiery eyes now Burn'd into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining,...velvet violet lining With the lamplight gloating o'er, 67ic shall press, ah, never more ! Then, metliought, the air grew denser, Perfum'd from an unseen censer,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous hird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt,...the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim... | |
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