 | 1875 - 324 Seiten
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." xm. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! XIV. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels ho hath... | |
 | 1875 - 448 Seiten
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, Gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." 4 This I sat engaged in guessing, But no syllable expressing...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... | |
 | Russell Thacher Trall - 1875 - 132 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...this grim, ungainly, ghasf.^, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking, " Nevermore." Thus I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shnll press, ah, nevermore ! • Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 Seiten
...This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burn'd into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining,...lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press— ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from nn unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 Seiten
...Nevermore." 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...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... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1876 - 458 Seiten
...master, whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one burden bora — Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden...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 footfalls... | |
 | 1876 - 508 Seiten
...Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one burden bore, — Till the dirges of his hope one melancholy burden bore, Of — " Never — nevermore...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 Seiten
...song one burden bore, Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore, — Of ' Nevermore, — nevermore ! ' " But the raven still beguiling all...gloating o'er, She shall press — ah ! nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls... | |
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Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the 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 bird of... 
