 And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 1881845Full view - About this book
 | Axel W.-O. Schmidt - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 610 pages
...thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token ofthat lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!...from off my door"! Quoth the Raven, „Nevermore". (18) Und der Rabe ohne Regung, keine Feder in Bewegung, Sitzt noch immer, sitzt noch immer auf der... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - Literary Collections - 2003 - 770 pages
...narrative which has preceded them. The under-current of meaning is rendered first apparent in the lines — "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore!" It will be observed that the words, "from out my heart," involve the first metaphorical expression... | |
 | Kenneth C. Davis - History - 2009 - 717 pages
...thousands heading for California and gold. AMERICAN VOICES From "The Raven" by EDGAR ALLAN POE (1845): And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And that... | |
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