Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly... The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader - Page 265by James Stuart Laurie - 1863Full view - About this book
| John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...doorPerched upon a bust of "Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...thy lordly name is on the "Night's Plutonian shore 1" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore." Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1866 - 200 pages
...— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, ( ihastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name... | |
| Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - Readers - 1866 - 204 pages
...Perch'd upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber-door— Perched and sat and nothing more. he; Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, tb.au," I said, " art sure Much I marvel'd this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - History - 1859 - 302 pages
...— Perched upon a bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling My sad fancy into smiling,...stern decorum Of the countenance it wore. " Though tky crest be shorn and shaven, Thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven... | |
| James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...chamber-door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched and sat, and nothing more. i Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling...stern decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though the crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, tl Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1866 - 526 pages
...— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By "the grave and stern decorum of tlie countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven,... | |
| American poetry - 1866 - 522 pages
...door— Perched upon a bust ot Pallas just above my chamber door— Perche 1, and sat, and nothing mo.e. Then, this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stem decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...Perched upon a bust of Pallas,* just above my chamber-door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. VIII. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...ancient raven, wandering from the nightly shore, Tell me w'>at thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian 1 shore?" Quoth the raven,—"Nevermore!" IX. Much... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1867 - 758 pages
...Perched upon a "'"bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. 8. Then this +ebony bird +beguiling my sad fancy into...said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly, grim, and ancient Haven, wandering from the nightly shore, [shore ! " Tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's... | |
| Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...— Perch'd upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamberdoor — Perched and sat and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...name is on the Night's Plutonian shore ?" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore !" Much I marvell'd this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its... | |
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