ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. '"Tis... New National First[ -fifth] Reader - Page 454by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884Full view - About this book
| 1852 - 620 pages
...napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door — 1 'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, ' tapping at my chamber...upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow ; vainly had I sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'T is some visiter," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." 2. Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...there ^came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visiter," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only...vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...rapping, rapping at my chamber-door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamberdoor — Only this, and nothing more." Ah ! distinctly I remember,...ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wish'd the morrow, — vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for... | |
| 1853 - 774 pages
...cemetery. Take, for instance, the second stanza of Foe's most celebrated poem, " The Raven" : — " Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,...upon the floor, Eagerly I wished the morrow : vainly 1 had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore— For the rare... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." B n. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought... | |
| 1854 - 80 pages
...of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door; " 'Tis...vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore... | |
| 1854 - 380 pages
...napping, Suddenly there came a tapping, Bapping at my chamber door. " Tie some visitor," I mnttcr'd, " Tapping at my chamber door— .Only this, and nothing...December, And each separate dying ember Wrought its ghoet upon the floor. Eagerly 1 wish'd the morrow ; Vainly 1 had tried to borrow From my books surcease... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...tapping, As of some one gently rapping, Rapping at my chamber door. „Tis some visiter," I mutter'd, ,,Tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember, Tt was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember Wronght its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly... | |
| John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...rapping, rapping at my chamber-door. '"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamberdoor — Only this, and nothing more." Ah ! distinctly I remember,...floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow: — vainly I had tried to borrow, From my books, surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare... | |
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