| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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' —... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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