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" 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 265
by James Stuart Laurie - 1863
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The American Union Speaker: Containing Standard and Recent Selections in ...

John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 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,...name is on the Night's Plutonian shore ! " Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore." ' Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, But the Raven,...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 3

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 264 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,...name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the Raven : ' Nevermore.' Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its...
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Wiley's Elocution and Oratory: Giving a Thorough Treatise on the Art of ...

Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...Perch'd upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber-door — Perch'd, and sat, and nothing more. 8. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...name is on the Night's Plutonian shore ? " Quoth the raven, " Nevermore ! " 9. Much I marvel'd this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its...
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The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...Perched above a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then, this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into...is, on the night's Plutonian shore !" — Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer...
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A system of elocution based upon grammatical analysis

William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 pages
...bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door ; — Perch'd and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebon bird beguiling, My sad fancy into smiling, By the...name is, on the night's Plutonian shore?" Quoth the Kaven, " Nevermore." And the Raven, sitting lonely On the placid bust, spoke only That one word, —...
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A Manual of Elocution Founded Upon the Philosophy of the Human Voice

M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 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,...Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me That thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! " Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear...
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Wilson's Book of Recitations and Dialogues: With Instructions in Elocution ...

Floyd Baker Wilson - Dialogues - 1869 - 208 pages
...door, — Perch'd, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony birl beguiling my sad fancy into smiiing, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorne and shaven, thou,'' I said, " art sure no craven ; Ghastly, grim, and ancient raven, wandering...
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The illustrated public school speaker and reader based on grammatical ...

Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 pages
...But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door— Perched above a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door— Then, this ebony bird beguiling...name is, on the night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore.' Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so Though its answer little...
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Class-book of English Poetry from Chaucer to Tennyson

Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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,...name is on the night's Plutonian shore ! '' Quoth the Raven, " Never more." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its...
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Reading and Writing Poetry with Teenagers

Fredric Lown, Judith W. Steinbergh - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1996 - 194 pages
...above my chamber door: Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance...name is on the night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer...
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