The mountain Democrat., 1864-05-21
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Oaly tAia. asA aseAA.g nses."
Al, $l.tI...ly Isssr.a1'r q vas 10 'A' Sa..A
And eaeh separate dying sAbsr wEOasAt itS gAost
EAesriy 1 wishsd the GorTUw ;-vainly 1 had
Pua ~ Ess - @so1sS II SssrUw--sGuEvw Tor the
YortAs r.1s q reliant u-id.s vAo- the angel.
NsasSsa Asrs SOr svsrnors.
Aaa tAs siIAsa ~ ascertain Eusslag OT each pur
TArtns1 ls-ansa - with Mntastis ssRrUss never
So that Sss, e sin Tie Asstins osay heart, 1
"'Tsa ssIs SasiseS satrsstias sasrases At NJ
Soas hasI visilor ostrUGting entrance At ny
p fAis /. 10 and nOthiag uors."
Pressutly NJ seal grew Stroagsri AssitatinF tAsn
"sir," .si5 I. 'sr M.A.., truly yOur IOrSivsns..
su. u. isss !: v.. n.pblns, and - gently you
And % iaisslI yoa can" tapping, tapping at ny
TAas ssagee was sars heard yOa'-Asrs open
.- Dsrksess there and nothing more.
Deep ints that dsrAsess pessiHS, bag stood
DoubtiaS, dFsssiaS Ssea@s - noztal ever dared
70 dFean bse6Fo
But the SilsDss was unbrOhsn, and the stiIiness
And t6c GuE ~srd there spoken was the whisper
ed word, "LenOroW
ThisI whispered, and an echo muFmured back the
Merely this and nothing more.
Rack iutO the chamber turning, all my soul with
sOop aSais ! SssId . tapping something louder
"sursIy," said J. .'.urely that is sOmethinE at my
Let me see, thes.wSst thsreat i' and this mystery
L...y SssTs Ss s.in q aomeu. and tAi. mystery
'Tss the wind and nothing more.
Open here Sung the shutter, vhen, with many
In there stepped stately Raven Of the sanity
Not the least oSsis.nes mad. he not minu..
But, with misu Of iord or lsdy. perehed above my
chamber door
Psrchsd upon bust Of PalIa' just above my cham
Psrehed, and sat, and nothing more.
Then this ebony bird bsguilinS my sad fancy into
BY tA: grave saa stern dsoorun Oftbs OOuntenancs
IL wore,
"TAOssh thy er..e b .hOrn and 'hAven, thOu,"I
said, HaEt sure craven,
CHASTITY grim and ancient Raven wandering from
the Nightly shore
Tell me ; .hs: sGy ss: Sr1Y name is on the Nights
QuOth the Raven, "NsvermOrs. ="
Much naEveIlsd this uugainly fowl to hear dis
Though isS answer Htils meaning little relevan-
For We cannot help aVrssing that no living human
Ever yet vas blessed with seeing bird above his
chamber door
Bird or beast upon the sculpture bust above his
with such name as " NevsrmOre -
But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust,
That one word, IS ifhi' soul in that one word he
did outp0uF.
Nothing further then he uttered; no. feather
Till scarcely more than muttered "other friends
have down before
On tbe morrow he " inleave me, as my Hopes have
Then the bird said {. NsvermOre. -"
Startled at the stiffness broken BY reply so Aptly
"DOuItless," said I, "'what it utters is its only
stock and store
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerci-
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one
burdea bore
TIL the dirgs Of his Hope that melancholy burden
bore
f'Never-nevermore.' "
Bot the Raven Stin beguiling an my sad soul into
Straight Wheeled . cushioned seat In mont of
bird and bust and door,
Then. upon the velvet sinking, 1 betOOk myself to
Fancy unto Fancy. thinking what this OminOu'
bird Of yore-
What this gdn. ungainly, sha'tly. gaunt, and
Meant In crOaking " NevermOre."
Thus sat segassA in guessing, but n" syllable
To the fowl whose as9 eyes now burned into my
Thi. ana more sat devining, with my head a,
On the OushiOn's velvet lining with the lAmpiight
gIoated o'ers
she shah press, ah, nevsrmors
Then, metAOueAis shs afr grew denssr, perfumed
Swung BY SeTaCAim whose foot falls tinkled on the
tufftsd aOOF.
tAsss aesSes hs hA'A sent thee
RASplts-respIts and nePenthe from thy memories
Of LsnoEe!"
Ouaa, a (neG tAi: kind nspsnths and forget this
QuOtA the Raven, ''NevermOre."
"PrOPhctv saia I; .tAing Of evil :-prOphet still,
whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest
tossed thee here ashore,
DsSOlAte yet al undauutsd, on this desert land
On this home by Horror hauuted-tell me truly,
implore-
QuOth the Raven, d" Neveruoore.
"PrOPhst ~ said L "thing of svil-pEOphst still,
By that Heaven that bends above us-by that God
We both adore
Tell this soul with sorrow laden II, within the dis
It shall clasp sAintsd maiden whOA the angles
name Ler0Ee-
Clasp rare and radiant maiden whom the angels
QuOth the Ravsa:" NsvsrmoEe -
l shTieked, upstarting-
SECT the back issO the tempest and the Nights
Piutonian shore
LaaVs no black plume - q token Of that lie thy
soul hath spoken!
Leave my loasIBss: unbrOksn quit the bust
abOye NJ dsOre
Take ny s:st N t!os 10y ~ heart. and take thy form
ouOtA the Raven, 4" NevsrmOrs.'
And the Raven, never Sitting, Stin is sittAs, Sti
10 sitting
On the pslid bust Of PaIlas Just shove ny chamber
door;
And his eyes have ell the seeming Of . demons
that 10 dreaming
And the lampiight o'sr him streaming throws his
shadow on the floor;
And my soul from cut that shadow that lee float
ing on the doOr
Shall be htsd-ns vsrmOre
S0SS
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