 But the Raven still beguiling All my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in 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 —...  Little Classics - Sida 149redigerad av - 1875Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 sidor
...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... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 sidor
...the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, 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... | |
 | 1855 - 1416 sidor
...the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, "ungainly, ghastly, 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... | |
 | 1854 - 500 sidor
...sad ; " but not after " uncertain," as it " immediately qualifies" the verbal noun "rustling." 4. " What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, Gaunt and ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking, ' Never more.' " 5. " Deep into that darkness peering, Long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting,... | |
 | 1855 - 1428 sidor
...gaunt, and ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking ' Never moie.' This I sat engaged In guessing, bat no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned Into my bosom's corf; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining,... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 sidor
...the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, 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... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 sidor
...the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt,...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 whose velvet violet... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 sidor
...tghastly, +gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant, in croaking " Nevermore." 13. Thus I sat engag'd in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burn'd into my bosom's '''core, This and more 1 sat divining, with my head at ease reclining, On the... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 sidor
...the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt,...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 whose velvet violet... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 sidor
...gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Never more." This I sat engaged in gnessing, bnt no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes...core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease rcclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, Bnt whose velvet violet... | |
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