 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 lamplight gloated o'er, But whose...  American Poetry - Page 234edited by - 1918 - 721 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1865 - 564 pages
...velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous...lamplight gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim, whose foot-falls... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 238 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." XIII. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore ! XIV. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose footfalls... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking ' Never more.' This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, never more ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking, "Never more." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er Site shall press, ah, never more ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 220 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." XIII. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing....violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, XIV. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose footfalls... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1866 - 526 pages
...velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous...lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer. Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and. ominous...lamplight gloating o'er She shall press, ah ! nevermore 1 Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by angels whose faint... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 302 pages
...velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking What this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, Gaunt and ominous...lamplight gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, Perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore!" 13. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press — ah ! nevermore ! 14. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose foot-falls... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1866 - 332 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Never more." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, never more Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an. unseen censer Swung by seraphim,... | |
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