 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 pages
...JANUARY 1811, DIED AT THE SAME PLACE, OCTORER 7, 1849. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I ponder' d, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume...rapping at my chamber door; "'Tis some visitor," I mutter' d, "tapping at my chamber door — Ah ! distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...of thee, Than sully even chains by a struggle like this. LESSON CLXXII. The Haven. — EDGAR A. POE. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapAs of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber-door. '"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...it must be once more quoted, as it is, without doubt, the best specimen of Poe's lyrical power :— THE RAVEN. ' Once upon a midnight dreary, while I...tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber-door ; " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber-door — Only this, and nothing... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...an iron chain ; It maketh even the little child with heavy sighs complain. THE KAVEN. BY EDQAR POE. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Pis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." Ah,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...died in 1849. 1. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I ponder'd weak and weary, Over many a tquaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded,...rapping at my chamber door, '"Tis some visitor," I mutter'd, "tapping at my chamber door; Only this and nothing more." 2. Ah! distinctly I remember, it... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...lu-rc Distrusted all her powers, May weleome to her holier home The well beloved of ours. 465 POE. THE RAVEN. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered...visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...the town. For men must work, and women must weep, And the sooner it's over and the sooner to sleep ; THE RAVEN. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered...tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber-door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber-door, Only this, and nothing... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 pages
...collection of his works in four volumes issued in New York. June, 1857. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. EATEN. ONCE' upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...tapping. As of some one gently rapping, rapping at rnj chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only this and... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Ex. CXXXVIIL— THE RAVEN. EDOAR A. POE. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each seperate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow ; vainly I had tried... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...the urn Of bitter prophecy. The world is weary of the past, O might it die or rest at last ! SHELLET. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more." n. Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its... | |
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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... 
