 Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the...  ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICANS; - Page 705by HENRY HOWE - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...'T is some visiter," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." 2. Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,...wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...door. " 'Tis some visiter," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,...wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow ; — vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
..." Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." B n. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,...wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow ; — vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost... | |
 | 1853 - 774 pages
...cemetery. Take, for instance, the second stanza of Foe's most celebrated poem, " The Raven" : — " Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,...wrought its ghost upon the floor, Eagerly I wished the morrow : vainly 1 had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore—... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...chamber-door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamberdoor — Only this, and nothing more." Ah ! distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,...ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wish'd the morrow, — vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for... | |
 | 1854 - 80 pages
...door; " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." Ah ! distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,...wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow ; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore... | |
 | 1854 - 380 pages
...door. " Tie some visitor," I mnttcr'd, " Tapping at my chamber door— .Only this, and nothing more.'' Ah, distinctly I remember, It was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember Wrought its ghoet upon the floor. Eagerly 1 wish'd the morrow ; Vainly 1 had tried to borrow From my books surcease... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1855 - 530 pages
...chamber-door. '"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamberdoor — Only this, and nothing more." Ah ! distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,...wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow: — vainly I had tried to borrow, From my books, surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - Poetry - 1855 - 490 pages
...rapping, rapping at my chamber door; "'Tis some visitor," I mutter' d, "tapping at my chamber door — Ah ! distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,...ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wish'd the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
..."Tia some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more." All, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought it« ghokt upon (he floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow From my books... | |
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