...little brows and glare round tragically, and say to the empty air, as if some real creature stood there 'Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from...me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'50 'She'd bring up the nasty carrion bird that clear,' corroborated the sick woman reluctantly,...

...perched above my chamber door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, But the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven,...

...above my chamber door: Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance...thy lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though...

...lord or lady, perched above my chamber door, Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door, Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,...grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, 45 "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient...

...above my chamber door. In the two stanzas which follow, the design is more obviously carried out: — Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern derorum of the countenanre it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou," I said, "art sure...

...encima de la puerta de mi habitación... En las dos estrofas que siguen, la intención es más evidente: Then, this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the coutenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou", I said, "art sure no /craven, Ghastly,...

...lady, perched above my chamber door Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling...thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though...

...perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling...thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though...

...perched above my chamber door — Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling...grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, 45 "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient...

...perched above my chamber door; — Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door — Perched, and sat, and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling...thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore." Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though...