 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite...respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, ob quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." "Prophet!"... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - Fiction - 1995 - 60 pages
...floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." dirges-burial songs ominous-spooky divining-com/ng... | |
 | Jay Parini - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 788 pages
...floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!—prophet still,... | |
 | Julian Wiles - Poetry - 1995 - 98 pages
...Perched, and sat, and nothing more... "Tell me what thy Lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." "Prophet!" 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... | |
 | Fredric Lown, Judith W. Steinbergh - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1996 - 194 pages
...Swung by seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite...Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, thing of evil! — prophet still,... | |
 | Various - Poetry - 1996 - 496 pages
...Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite,...Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." 85 "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still,... | |
 | L. W. De Laurence - 1998 - 432 pages
...Swung by seraphim, whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor, "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee, — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite...forget the lost Lenore !" Quoth the raven, "Nevermore 1" "Prophet!" cried I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite...Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil — prophet still,... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - American poetry - 1999 - 366 pages
...by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he hath sent thee Respite -...Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - Poetry - 2000 - 678 pages
...Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite...Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." 85 "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still,... | |
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thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted... 
