...illusions of our imagination. Yet we love, and admire, and reverence nature for all that. I read aloud — Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping — rapping at my chamber door. Here I paused to listen, for I thought I also...

...bier Of the dead cold year, And make her grave green with tear on tear. PB Shelley xcvn THE RA VEN Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. ' ' Tis some visitor,' I mutter'd, ' tapping at...

...for the Lily-flower And the Christian citadel ! " Edgar Allan Poe. Born 1811. Died 1849. THE RAVEN. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my...

...name is chiefly famous from his poem " The Raven," an original and striking piece. FROM "THE RAVEN." ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamberdoor; " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at...

...in the " North American Review," October, THE RAVEN.1 Once upon a midnight dreary, while I ponder'd, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber-door ; " 'Tis some visitor," I mutter'd, "tapping at...

...winds come when forests are rénded ; Come as th< waves come when navies are stranded." — Scott. "O'nce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While 1 nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at...

...of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " Tis...at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.' 2. Ah ! distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its...

...natural affection, or the sense of duty; and these defects of character are perceptible in his writings.] ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " Tis iome visitor," I muttered, " tapping at...

...give a light, A little before it is day : So God bless you all, both great and small, THE KAVEN. 1. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamberdoor. ' 'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, ' tapping at...

...quietly — His heart was broken. Miss LANDON. THE KAVEN. ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I ponder'd weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume...nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping — rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I mutter'd, " tapping...