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Quotes from The Raven — Edgar Allan Poe

1809–1849 United States

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

The Raven (1844)

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door.

The Raven (1844)

Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,—
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

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And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!

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"Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

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"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!"

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And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before.

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Sorrow for the lost Lenore —
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.

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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

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"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore.

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

The Raven (1844)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edgar Allan Poe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.