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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, "
Sayings and Doings of the General Meeting - Page 8
1859 - 300 pages
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...a minute stopped or stayed he; Hut, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber doorPerched upon a bust of Pallas just 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 Southern literary messenger, Volume 11

1845 - 778 pages
...saintly days of yore ; Sot Ike least obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or niyed be ; Bat, wjth mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door...this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Bj the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ''Thoojh thy crest be shorn and shaven,...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 14

1848 - 780 pages
...the saintly days of yore; Not the lean obeisance made he ; not an instant stopped or 34 Edgar A. Poe. But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber...— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. "Then this ebon bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 1

Periodicals - 1845 - 688 pages
...stately raven of 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...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 American Whig Review, Volume 1

Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...stately raven of 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...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 Literary Emporium, Volumes 1-2

American literature - 1847 - 434 pages
...stately raven of 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...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 Living Authors of America: 1st ser

Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...flutter, In there stepped a stately raven Not the least obeisance made he ; Not an instant stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, Perched...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more." The last stanza is very felicitous. How visibly the poet's intention to produce effect by the outer...
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The Living Authors of America: 1st ser

Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...stately raven Of 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...chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more." The last stanza is very felicitous. How visibly the poet's intention to produce effect by the outer...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5; Volume 11

Periodicals - 1850 - 762 pages
...a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore, Not the leapt obeisance made he ; not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber doorPerched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more....
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5; Volume 11

Periodicals - 1850 - 766 pages
...a stately 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 doorPerched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more....
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