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" Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, — "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou... "
The Southern literary messenger - Page 35
1848
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The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith

Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...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...— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it...
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McGuffey's New Sixth Eclectic Reader: Exercises in Rhetorical Reading, with ...

William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...tbust of Pallas, just above my chamber door, Perch'd, and sat, and nothing more. 8. Then this tebony bird ^beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern tdecorum of the countenance it wore; Ghastly, grim, and ancient raven, wandering from the nightly shore,...
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The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: With Original Memoir

Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 pages
...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...— Perched, and sat, and nothing more, Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into .smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...the saintly days of yore. 467 Not the least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he : But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it...
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A Compendium of American Literature

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber-door — Perched and Eat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decornm of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure...
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Illustrated Natural History of the Animal Kingdom: Being a ..., Volume 1

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 pages
...Of the saintly days of yore : Not the least obeisance made he, Not an instant stopp'd or staid he, But, with mien of lord or lady, Perched above my chamber...ebon bird beguiling My sad fancy into smiling, By the grim and stern decorum Of the countenance it wore : ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, Thou' —...
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Sayings and Doings of the General Meeting, Volume 2

1859 - 528 pages
...In the two stanzas which follow, the design is more obviously carried out: — • Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave...countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and ihaven thou," I said, " art sure no craven Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the nightly...
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ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICANS;

HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...the least obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or.lady, perched above my chamber door— Perched upon a bust...door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it...
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The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises ...

Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pages
...the saintly days of yore ; Not the least obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...door, Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it...
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Poets of England and America; being selections from the best authors of both ...

England - 1860 - 532 pages
...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...— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it...
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