Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "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 — On this home by Horror haunted — tell me... The American Whig Review - Page 1451845Full view - About this book
| 1852 - 620 pages
...— tell me truly, I implore, — Is there, is there balm in Gilead ? tell me, tell me, I implore !' 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... | |
| 1853 - 642 pages
...he may exclaim with the dreamer in his invocation of the " wanderer from the nightly shore," — " Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted...in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me — I implore ! " But this perplexity arises, simply because he shrinks from carrying out his own principles to their... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...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." xv. "Prophet!" said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! — Whether Tempter... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...me truly, I implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead ? — tell me — tell me, I implore !" 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... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...me truly I implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore ! " 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... | |
| 1854 - 380 pages
...these angels he hath sent thee Bespite— respite and nepenthe From thy memories of Lenore ! Qnaff. oh quaff this kind nepenthe, And forget this lost Lenore..."Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!— Prophet still, if bird or devil 1 Whether tempest sent, or whether Tempest toss'd thee here ashore, Desolate yet all... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...— respite and nepenthe From thy memories of Lenore! QuafF, oh quafF this kind nepenthe, And fbrget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the raven „Nevermore."...„Prophet!" said I, „thing of evil! -— Prophet etill, if bird or devil! Whether tempter sent, or whether Tempest toss'd thee here ashore, Desolate... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 1416 pages
...evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossvd thee hero ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert...home by horror haunted— tell me truly, I implore — li there— M there balm in Glleud? tell me— tell me, I implore ! ' Quoth the Raven, ' iscvtr... | |
| Richard Wright Procter - Poetry - 1855 - 490 pages
...Quaff, oh quaff, this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore I" Quoth the Raven, " Never more !" " Prophet !" said I, " thing of evil ! — prophet still, if bird or devil ' Whether tempter sent, or tempest toss'd thee here ashore Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this... | |
| Columbiana - 1855 - 52 pages
...thee B shore. IK'svVhte, yet all undaunted, in this classic room enchanted, In this room by Taurus haunted, tell me truly I implore, Is there ! Is there balm in Gilead 1 tell me truly I implore." Answered Jimmy, " Nevermore.' " Prophet,'' said he, "lliing of evil, prophet... | |
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