 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore — Meant in croaking "Nevermore !" sires and kindred thrust, Each clansman's execration...and woe." He paused ; — the word the vassals took, lamp1'ght gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1873 - 730 pages
...whose fiery eyes now Burn'd into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, With my head at case reclining On the cushion's velvet lining That the...the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, never moro ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, Perfum'd from an unseen censer, Swung by angels... | |
 | 1873 - 388 pages
...the Raven, in which there is a very pretty marriage of hues, " On the cushion's velvet lining which the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er Site shall press ah! nevermore. The ancient poets vere very bright and rich in their coloring. Here... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 532 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 bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 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... | |
 | Russell Thacher Trall - 1875 - 132 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 ! 14. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose foot-falls... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pages
...What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." xm. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! XIV. PACIFIC COAST SERIES. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels ho hath... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1875 - 584 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghasf.^, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking, " Nevermore." Thus I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shnll press, ah, nevermore ! • Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1869 - 298 pages
...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." Thus I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp, light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore. Then,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 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...core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at case reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er: But whose velvet violet... | |
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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... 
