Ah, distinctly 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... The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader - Page 263by James Stuart Laurie - 1863Full view - About this book
| András Horn - Drama - 1998 - 212 pages
...gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door „Tis some visiter," I muttered, „tapping at my chamber door Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I...bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought ist ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books... | |
| Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 598 pages
...muscles of a wondering man." He quotes, for illustration, lines from Poe's "The Raven" (LOA, i: 535): Ah! distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,...separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Blood might well have quoted from his own poetry, from what many considered to be his most magnificent... | |
| 李翠亭, 李正栓 - 1998 - 264 pages
...gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door @ Only this, and nothing more. " Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak De cember , And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;... | |
| Laurie E. Rozakis - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 500 pages
...someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.' Ah, distinctly...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 maiden... | |
| Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'T is some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly...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 maiden... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - Poetry - 2000 - 678 pages
...rapping, rapping at my chamber door — 5 " 'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly...wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow 1 o From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden... | |
| Robert X. Leeds - American poetry - 1999 - 366 pages
...gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly...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 maiden whom... | |
| Geoff Reilly, Wendy Wren - English language - 2002 - 164 pages
...gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visiter,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door Only this, and nothing more.' Ah, distinctly...floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had tried to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore For the rare and radiant... | |
| Paul Negri - Poetry - 2002 - 146 pages
...gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'T is some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly...floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — For the rare and radiant maiden... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - Juvenile Fiction - 2003 - 448 pages
...gendy rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly...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 maiden... | |
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