 I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow— sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant...  Ferguson's readings & recitations - Page 153edited by - 1881Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 518 pages
...and swelleth out, around her motionless pale brow." And on turning to "The Raven " you will find : "The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple...filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before." 'Now, oh ! carping friend, it is quite probable neither the author of Childe Harold or the author of... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 pages
...ILLUSTRATIONS. ENGRAVER. PAGE PORTRAIT or EDGAR ALLAN POE. DAGUERREOTYPE . . /. Cooper . . x\ii THE HAVEN. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple...me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt Lefore. JOHN TENNIEL . . . /. Cooper . Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 388 pages
...And the silken snd uneertain rustling of eaeh purple eurtain Thrilled me— filled me with fantastie terrors never felt before ; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood relating. " 'Tis some visitor entreating entranee at my ehamlier door — Some late visitor entreating... | |
 | 1859 - 528 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the...to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating u 'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door — Some Iste visiter entreating entrance... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore-— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore. And the...uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before So that now, to still the beating of my heart,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...surcease of sorrow, — sorrow for the lost Lenore, — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore,— Nameless here for evermore. And the...silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple, curtain Thrill'd me, — fiH'd me with fantastic terrors never felt before ; So that now, to still the beating... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the...at my chamber door ; This it is, and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger ; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the...me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt be fore ; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeatin"' " 'Tis some visitor entreating... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...name Lenore — And the silken, sad, uncertain Rustling of each purple curtain Thrill'd me — fill'd me with fantastic Terrors never felt before ; So that...beating Of my heart, I stood repeating " 'Tis some visiter entreating Entrance at my chamber door— Some late visiter entreating Entrance at my chamber... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Nameless here for evermore. And the...silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrill'd me — fill'd me with fantastic terrors never felt before ; So that now, to still the beating... | |
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