 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous hird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt,...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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 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 —...syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burn 'd into my bosom's core; This, and more, I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 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 —...ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking, " Nevermore." XIII. This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiery eyes now... | |
 | 1854 - 380 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—...syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Bnrn'd into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, With my head at ease reclining On the cushion'd... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1854 - 608 pages
...from Lenore, nor make him forgetful of the cushion which she had once pressed, but would press again fe, which punishes and rewards us by no arbitrary external penalties, hend at ea'e reclining On the cushion's ttliel lining. That the lamp-light glorílcd oVr, tint whose... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking What this ominous bird of yore — Wliat this grim, ungainly, ghastly, Gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking „Nevermore." This I sät engaged in guessing, But no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Burn'd into my... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 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." Thus.I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - Poetry - 1855 - 490 pages
...front of bird and bust and door. Theu, 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." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 1416 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 ' Xevcr moie.' 89 THE IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned Into my bosom's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...unto fancy, thinking What this ominous bird of yore — \Vhat this prim, ungainly, ghastly, Giiunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, Hut no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Burn'd into my bosom's core ; This and... | |
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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... 
