Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch... The Raven - Page xxviiby Edgar Allan Poe - 1898 - 36 pagesFull view - About this book
| Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 424 pages
...whose velvet violet lining, with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press — ah, nevermore! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen...hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff, oh, quaff this kind nepenthe,... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er Slie shall press, ah, never more ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen...hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite— respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff, O quaff, this kind nepenthe, and... | |
| Glasgow academical club - English literature - 1870 - 138 pages
...they harmonise with the ideas which they represent. Thus, in the lines from " The Raven," — "Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen...Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor: " we feel the harmony between the gently swinging censer, with its rolling clouds of incense, and the... | |
| Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 pages
...whose velvet violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen...by seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted He hath sent thee Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of floor. 'Wretch,' I cried, ' thy... | |
| Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 pages
...whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er — She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose faint footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent thee — by these... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 200 pages
...whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen...hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and... | |
| Philip Lawrence - Recitations - 1871 - 410 pages
...o'er, She shall press — ah, nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseeu censer Swung by seraphim, whose foot-falls tinkled...hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff, oh, quaff this kind nepenthe,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...whose velvet violet lining, with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press — ah ! nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen...whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," 1 cried, "thy God hath lent thee,— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite, — respite and nepenthe... | |
| English poetry - 1871 - 476 pages
...velvet violet lining, which the lamp-light gloated o'er, She shall press — ah I nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer, Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor, " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent... | |
| Charles Hartley - 1872 - 372 pages
...whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen...hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff, oh, quaff this kind nepenthe,... | |
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