 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869
...front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —...reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 432 pages
...Nevermore." But the Raven, still beguiling All my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheel'da cushion'd seat in front of bird, and bust, and door ; Then upon...bird of yore, — Meant in croaking " Nevermore." Then methought the air grew denser ; Perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 444 pages
...front of bird, and bust, and door, Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —...ominous bird of yore Meant in. croaking " Nevermore ! " 13. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiery eyes now... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 384 pages
...my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust, and door; What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous...reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er — She shall... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 382 pages
...sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of bust, and door; This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing...reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 395 pages
...front of bird, and bust, and door. Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore I " This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiery eyes now burn'd... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 597 pages
...front of bird and bust and door ; Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —...gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Never more." THE RA VEN. 577 This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1870
...of bird, and bust, and door ; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, aud ominous bird of y«re Meant in croaking, " Nevermore." Thus I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - English poetry - 1871 - 449 pages
...of bird, and bust, and door ; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —...reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining, which the lamp-light gloated o'er, She shall... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 48 pages
...velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancv unto fancv, thinking what this ominous bird of vore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous...reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall... | |
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This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But... 
