 But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more.  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Page 129by Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
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...scarce was sure I heard you "—here I open'd wide the door ; — Darkness there, and nothing more. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ; I And the only word there spoken was the whisper'd -word " Lenore... | |
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...scarce was sure I heard you :" — here I opened wide the door ; Darkness there, and nothing more. v. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before ; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,... | |
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...I scarce was sure I heard you." — Here I open'd wide the door: Darkness there, and nothing more! Deep into that darkness peering, Long I stood there...gave no token, And the only word there spoken Was the whisper'd word, „Lenore!" This I whisper'd, and an echo Murmur'd back the word, „Lenore!'' Merely... | |
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...this grim, ungainly, ghastly, Gaunt and ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking, ' Never more.' " 5. " Deep into that darkness peering, Long I stood there,...fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dreamed before." When only two subjects, verbs or adjectives, are united by a conjunction they require... | |
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