The Raven
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Quoth the Raven âNevermore.â
about 3 hours ago
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Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!â
about 7 hours ago
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Respiteârespite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;
about 11 hours ago
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âWretch,â I cried, âthy God hath lent theeâby these angels he hath sent thee
about 15 hours ago
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Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
about 19 hours ago
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Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
about 23 hours ago
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She shall press, ah, nevermore!
1 day ago
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But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating oâer,
1 day ago
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On the cushionâs velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated oâer,
1 day ago
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This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
1 day ago
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To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosomâs core;
2 days ago
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This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
2 days ago
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Meant in croaking âNevermore.â
2 days ago
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What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
2 days ago
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Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yoreâ
2 days ago
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Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
3 days ago
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Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
3 days ago
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But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
3 days ago
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Of âNeverânevermoreâ.â
3 days ago
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Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
3 days ago
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Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden boreâ
3 days ago
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Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
4 days ago
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âDoubtless,â said I, âwhat it utters is its only stock and store
4 days ago
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Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
4 days ago
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Then the bird said âNevermore.â
4 days ago
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On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.â
4 days ago
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Till I scarcely more than muttered âOther friends have flown beforeâ
4 days ago
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Nothing farther then he utteredânot a feather then he flutteredâ
5 days ago
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That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
5 days ago
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But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
5 days ago
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With such name as âNevermore.â
5 days ago
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Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
5 days ago
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Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber doorâ
5 days ago
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For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
6 days ago
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Though its answer little meaningâlittle relevancy bore;
6 days ago
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Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
6 days ago
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Quoth the Raven âNevermore.â
6 days ago
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Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Nightâs Plutonian shore!â
6 days ago
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Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shoreâ
6 days ago
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âThough thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,â I said, âart sure no craven,
7 days ago
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By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
7 days ago
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Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
7 days ago
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Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
7 days ago
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Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber doorâ
7 days ago
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But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber doorâ
7 days ago
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Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
8 days ago
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In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
8 days ago
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Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
8 days ago
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âTis the wind and nothing more!â
8 days ago
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Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;â
8 days ago
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