| 1845 - 778 pages
...saintly days of yore ; Sot Ike least obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or niyed be ; Bat, wjth mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Bj the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ''Thoojh thy crest be shorn and shaven,... | |
| 1848 - 780 pages
...the saintly days of yore; Not the lean obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or 34 Edgar A. Poe. But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. "Then this ebon bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...the wind and nothing more 1' " Open here I flung the shutter, When, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven Of the saintly days...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more." The last stanza is very felicitous. How visibly the poet's intention to produce effect by the outer... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 380 pages
...When, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven Of the saintly days of yorej Not the least obeisance made he ; Not an instant stopped...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more." The last stanza is very felicitous. How visibly the poet's intention to produce effect by the outer... | |
| Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...Open here I flung the shutter, When, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven Not the least obeisance made he ; Not an instant stopped...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more." The last stanza is very felicitous. How visibly the poet's intention to produce effect by the outer... | |
| Periodicals - 1850 - 766 pages
...we seem actually to see him : " Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore, Not the least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber doorPerched... | |
| 1852 - 620 pages
...'Tis the wind, and nothing more." " Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore : Not the least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But with mien of Lord or Lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...'Tis the wind and nothing more." Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—•... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...the wind, and nothing more." 7. Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1852 - 610 pages
...'Tie the wind, and nothing more.' " Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter, in such a service, in thus lending, * tokenpf storm to ensue, and mo.-t part of this Wednesday a minute stopped or stayed he ; But with mien of Lord or Lady, perched above my chamber door — Perched... | |
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