Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore: Till... The Southern literary messenger - Page 1871845Full view - About this book
| 1845 - 688 pages
...stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, " what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster — so, when Hope he would adjure, Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure... | |
| 1845 - 732 pages
...stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, " what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster — so, when Hope he would adjure, Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1851 - 256 pages
...were very intimate with him, a reflection and an echo of his own history. He was that bird's " — — Unhappy master, Whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster, Till his songs the burden bore — Till the dirges of his hope, the Melancholy burden bore Of ' Never, never-more.'... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, ' Doubtless,' said I, ' what it utters Is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed fester, 'till his songs one burden boreTill the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore, Of... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...stillness, broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I,-" what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful...songs one burden bore — Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore, Of — " Never — nevermore." 11. But the Raven still beguiling all my... | |
| 1852 - 620 pages
...silence broken by reply so aptly spoken ; ' Doubtless,' said I, ' what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful...songs one burden bore — Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore Of ' never — nevermore.' " But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, " what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful...Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one bur. den bore— Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore. Of' Never—never more.'... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...Block and store Caught from some unhappy master Whom unmerciful Disaster Follow'd fast and follow 'd faster, Till his songs one burden bore — Till the dirges of his Hope the Melancholy burden burc Of ' Nevermore,'— of ' Nevermore." " But the raven still beguiling All my sad soul into smiling,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...silence broken by reply so aptly spoken ; ' Doubtless,' said I, ' what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast, and follwed faster, till his songs one burden bore — Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...who were very intimate with him, a reflection and an echo of his own history. He was that bird's - unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his gongs one burden bore — Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of ' Never — never... | |
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