 said I, " thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore: 130...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 1871845Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...— Is there — in there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me, I implore!" Quoth the Raven, " Nevermore." " Prophet!" said I, " thing of evil —...devil! By that Heaven that bends above us — by that (lod we both adore — Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1886 - 618 pages
...self-contempt, its semi-consciousness of wilful delusion, culminates in the author's favourite stanza — ' Prophet ! ' said I, ' thing of evil ! prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that Heaven that l>ends above us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if within the distant... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 608 pages
...passages of fine natural passion and expression : for instance, — " Prophet." snid I, " thing of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that Heaven that bends abovo us, by that God we both adore, Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aidenn,... | |
 | 1852 - 620 pages
...implore, — Is there, is there balm in Gilead ? tell me, tell me, I implore !' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore !' " ' Prophet,' said I, ' thing of evil,...Aidenn It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels call Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels call Lenore.' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me, I implore ! " Quoth the Eaven, " Nevermore." 15. " Prophet ! " said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet...Aidenn It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels call Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels name Lenore ! " Quoth the Raven, "... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1852 - 610 pages
...? tell me, tell me, 1 implore !' C¿uoth the Raven, ' Nevermore !' " ' Prophet,' said [,' thing of evil, prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that heaven...Aidenn It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels call Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels call Lcnore.' Quoth the Raven, ' Nevermore... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead 1 Tell me — tell me, I implore !" Quoth the raven " Nevermore." •' Prophet !'' said I, « thing of evil...above us— By that God we both adore — Tell this sou] with sorrow laden If, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden Whom the angels... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...first put pen. to -papfliJGL&a. _ ,. composition of the stanza : " Prophet," said I, " thing of evil 1 prophet still if bird or devil ! By that heaven that...laden, if within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a fainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name... | |
 | American periodicals - 1853 - 848 pages
...dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore. Of — Never, never more." "Prophet," said I, "king of evil — prophet still, if bird or devil ! By that...this soul, with sorrow laden, if within the distant Aiden, It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels name Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden,... | |
 | 1854 - 80 pages
...benn in ©iíeab ©aíbe ? fage mtr'é, t^ bitt' 2Мф fe^r." j't ber 9îabe — " ííimmerme^r." " Prophet," said I, " thing of evil— prophet still,...this soul, with sorrow laden, if within the distant Aidea It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden... | |
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