 Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly, grim, and ancient raven, wandering from the nightly...  Tales of Mystery, Imagination and Humour ... - Page 225by Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Walker - English language - 1865 - 800 pages
...made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; ßut with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas .just above my chamber door — Perched, und sat, and nothing more." Neither has it been considered unworthy of a place in our hymnology : —... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1866 - 200 pages
...made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above...shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, ( ihastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - History - 1859 - 302 pages
...made he ; Not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But with mien of lord or lady, Perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas Just above...stern decorum Of the countenance it wore. " Though tky crest be shorn and shaven, Thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1866 - 526 pages
...made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above...fancy into smiling, By "the grave and stern decorum of tlie countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven,... | |
 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - Readers - 1866 - 204 pages
...Perch'd upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber-door— Perched and sat and nothing more. he; Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, tb.au," I said, " art sure Much I marvel'd this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But with mein of lord or lady, perched above my chamber-door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched and sat, and nothing more. i Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance... | |
 | American poetry - 1866 - 522 pages
...door— Perched upon a bust ot Pallas just above my chamber door— Perche 1, and sat, and nothing mo.e. Then, this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stem decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...Perched upon a bust of Pallas,* just above my chamber-door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. VIII. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...ancient raven, wandering from the nightly shore, Tell me w'>at thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian 1 shore?" Quoth the raven,—"Nevermore!" IX. Much... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1867 - 758 pages
...he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with "'"mien of lord or lady, perched above" my chamber door — Perched upon a "'"bust of Pallas just above...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. 8. Then this +ebony bird +beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern +decorum of the... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above...Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me That thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! " Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear... | |
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