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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... "
The Lawrence Reader and Speaker: A Compilation of Masterpieces in Poetry and ... - Page 343
by Edwin Gordon Lawrence - 1911 - 351 pages
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in eroaking, "Never more." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reelining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whoso velvet violet...
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A compendium of American literature, arranged by C.D. Cleveland. Stereotyped ed

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 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...core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at case reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet...
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The Children's Garland: From the Best Poets

Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 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 burnt into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 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...lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose relvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought,...
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The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader, Volume 6

James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Never more." Thus I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiery eyes now bnrn'd into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at case reclining On the cushion's...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 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 eyos now burned into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining...
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore !" xni. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiory eyes now burn'd into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, wife my head at ease reclining...
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Four American poems

Edgar Allan Poe, Carl Theodor Eben - 1864 - 62 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 1 £ro^ ber £rauer )tneber brachte Gr ba^ttt nиф, bap iф 1aфte ; einen Slrmftu^l еnЬКф rollte...
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Golden Leaves from the American Poets

1864 - 428 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 burned into my bos^m' core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining...
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The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. by J. Hannay. Complete ed

Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 238 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." XIII. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore ! XIV. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose footfalls...
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