 | 1871 - 476 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore !" This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining, which the lamp-light gloated o'er, She shall press — ah I nevermore ! Then methought the air grew... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore — Meant in croaking "Nevermore !" This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core ; Tliis and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore — Meant in croaking " Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press — ah, nevermore I Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 pages
...— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore I Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose footfalls... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore — Meant in croaking ' ' Nevermore ! " shaU press — ah ! nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 438 pages
...— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, Gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." 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, With my head at ease reclining On the cushion's... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore ! " 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, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's... | |
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore — Meant in croaking " Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the tbwl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core, — This and more I sat divining, with my head... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pages
...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 1 14. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose foot-falls... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 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...cushion's velvet lining, that the lamp-light gloated o'er, _. But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, never more... | |
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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... 
