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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 187
1845
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The model elocutionist, by A. Comstock and J.A. Mair

Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 pages
...perch'd above my chamber-door, — Perch'd upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamberdoor — Perch'd 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 wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven,...
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Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe - American poetry - 1869 - 298 pages
...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 door...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient...
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An Elocutionary Manual: With an Introductory Essay on the Study of ...

Readers and speakers - 1875 - 448 pages
...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 door...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,"...
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The Literary Reader: Typical Selections from Some of the Best British and ...

George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...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,...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,...
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The Pacific Coast First [-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

Readers - 1875 - 324 pages
...saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or staid he ; But, with mieu of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. vin. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the...
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Familiar Quotations ...

John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...— Middleton, The Family of Lave, iv. 3. Poe. — Willis. — Taylor. 567 EDGAR A. POE. 1811-1849. Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door, — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. The Raven. Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door ! Quoth the Raven :...
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Little Classics, Volumes 13-14

Rossiter Johnson - Anthologies - 1875 - 240 pages
...lady, perched above my chamber-door, — Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamberdoor, — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the £rave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven,...
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Cassell's illustrated readings, Volume 2; Volume 67

Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...perch'd above my chamber-door — Perch'd upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber-door — Perch'd and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenanco it wore, " Though thy crest bo shorn and shaven,...
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Thurber on Crime

James Thurber - Fiction - 1991 - 232 pages
...stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door, — Perched above a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door, — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting, — "Get thee back into...
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Best Remembered Poems

Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...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 door...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,"...
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