 ... expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now Burned into my bosom's core ; This and more I sat divining, With my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining That the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining With the lamplight...  A Century of American Literature, 1776-1876 - Seite 260herausgegeben von - 1878 - 407 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 Seiten
...whom unmerciful disaster Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one burden bora — • Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden...seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "WretchI" I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite— respite... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 Seiten
...But whose velvet, violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from...hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee, Eespite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 438 Seiten
...1 Then, methought, the air grew denser, Perfum'd from an unseen censer, Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls Tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch,"...— respite and nepenthe From thy memories of Lenore I Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, And forget this lost Lenore 1" Quoth the raven " Nevermore."... | |
 | 1872 - 660 Seiten
...But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press — ah, nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from...footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. " Wretch I " I cried, " thy god hath lent thee, by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — -respite and nepenthe... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 Seiten
...whose velvet violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press — ah ! nevermore 1 14. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from...respite and nepenthe ' from thy memories of Lenore I Quaff, oh, quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore 1" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 Seiten
...But whose velvet violet lining, with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, never more ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from...hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from my memories of Lenore ! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore ! " Quoth the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 Seiten
...with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press — nil ! nevermore ! Then methought the air prow Л cubit's length in measure due ; The shaft and limbs were rods of yew, 1 cried, "thy God hath lent thee,— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite, — respite and nepenthe... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 Seiten
...whose velvet violet lining, with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, — ah ! nevermore ! • Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from...and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget the lost Lenore ! " Quoth the raven, " Nevermore ! " " Prophet... | |
 | 1875 - 448 Seiten
...o'er, But whose velvet violet lining With the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, Perfumed from...hath lent thee — By these angels he hath sent thee Eespite — respite and nepenthe From thy memories of Lenore I Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe,... | |
 | Graham Hough - 1978 - 260 Seiten
...setting - the cushions, the curtains, the bust and the books. Sometimes unfortunately the diction fails: Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. Even in a poem where so little attention... | |
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