 | David Clifford, Laurence Roussillon - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 299 pages
...Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. 'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he hath sent thee Respite -...Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!' Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.' Rossetti drew this picture several times during 1846... | |
 | Eliza Richards - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 264 pages
...tantalizing word Lenore, an ambivalent marker for a banished presence, or a presence of banishment. 33 "Respite - respite and nepenthe from thy memories...Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore." Quoth the Raven "Nevermore" (368; 82-84) Caught in an insoluble dilemma, the speaker... | |
 | Gregory Sarno - 2005 - 417 pages
...Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee by these angels he hath sent thee Respite —...Lenore. Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven . VELAZQUEZ "Nevermore." Neil reaches the Archbishop. NEIL "Be that... | |
 | William Elliot Grifffis - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 353 pages
...from his presence. He says to himself rather than — not to the raven — " Wretch ! thy God had lent thee— By these angels He hath sent thee Respite— respite and nepenthe Prom thy memories of Lenore ! Qnaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, And forget this lost Leuore," Quoth... | |
 | William Roetzheim - Poetry - 2006 - 760 pages
...by Angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee respite...Lenore; quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still,... | |
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thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted... 
