 ... 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
 | Kathryn Schultz Miller - 1981 - 28 Seiten
...the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'never— nevermore'." ACTOR 2. Then it seemed the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer...Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. POE. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee Respite— respite... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 Seiten
...that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from...respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, ob quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." "Prophet!"... | |
 | Jay Parini - 1995 - 788 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...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;... | |
 | David Lozell Martin, David Martin - 1996 - 362 Seiten
...just stepping to his bedroom window when he smells something awful, rotting fish. Then, me thought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer...seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor . . . And turns to see, standing there in the doorway leading to the hall, a slightly built man wearing... | |
 | Guy Davenport - 1997 - 404 Seiten
...the arabesque. In "The Raven" we have a dominant grotesque key, with a vision of an arabesque Eden, "perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor," and a grotesque raven sits on a classical bust of Pallas Athene. That raven was the device on the flag... | |
 | Robert X. Leeds - 1999 - 366 Seiten
...o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee... | |
 | Paul Negri - 2002 - 146 Seiten
...o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from...quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!" "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!— prophet still, if bird or devil! — Whether Tempter sent, or... | |
 | Axel W.-O. Schmidt - 2003 - 610 Seiten
...But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er. She shall press, ah nevermore! (14) Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from...angels he hath sent thee Respite - respite and nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore"! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore"! Quoth... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 Seiten
...floor. 2. Of the realm of Pluto, Roman god of the king- 3. Rare term for refracted light, dom of death. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe4 from thy memories of Lenore; Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"... | |
 | Milton Meltzer - 2003 - 156 Seiten
...o'er, But whose violet velvet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee... | |
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