 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...fluttered — Till I scarcely more than muttered "Other friends have flown before — On the morrow /it will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Then the bird said " Nevermore." Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is... | |
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 688 pages
...outpour. Nothing farther then he uttered — not a feather then he fluttered — Till I scarcely more than muttered, " Other friends have flown before — On...he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Quoth the raven, " Nevermore." Wondering at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless,"... | |
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...outpour. Nothing farther then he uttered — not a feather then he fluttered — Til! I scarcely more than muttered, " Other friends have flown before — On...he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Quoth the raven, " Nevermore." Wondering at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless,"... | |
 | 1847 - 722 pages
...outpour. Not another word he uttered ; not a feather then he fluttered, Till at last I only mutlered, Other friends have flown before. On the morrow he...obvious. It seems to me that it was his introduction of a tnple rhyme which chiefly brought out the true way of reading this stanza. Probably this metre grew... | |
 | 1847 - 722 pages
...outpour. Not another word he uttered ; not a feather then he fluttered, Till at last I only mutlered, Other friends have flown before. On the morrow he...Nevermore !' " The alterations and additions of Mr. Роe are obvious. It seems to me that it was his introduction of a triple rhyme which chiefly brought... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...fluttered— Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'other friends have flown before — On the morrow ke will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.' Then the bird said, ' Never more.' Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, ' Doubtless,' said I, ' what... | |
 | 1852 - 620 pages
...outpour. Nothing further then he uttered ; not a feather then he fluttered ; Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'other friends have flown before ; On the...flown before ;' Then the bird said, ' Nevermore.' " Startled by the silence broken by reply so aptly spoken ; ' Doubtless,' said I, ' what it utters... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...farther then he utter'd — Not a feather then he flutter'd — Till I scarcely more than muttrr'd " Other friends have flown before— On the morrow he...have flown before." Then the bird said " Nevermore." Startled at the stillness broken By reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, " what it utters Is... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...outpour. Nothing farther then he uttered ; not a feather then he fluttered — Till I scarcely more than muttered, " Other friends have flown before — On...as my hopes have flown before." Then the bird said, " Never more." Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, " what... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...then he fluttered— Till I scarcely more than muttered, " Other friends have flown'before— !* 2 On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before." Then the bird said, " Never more." Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, " Doubtless," said I, " what... | |
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But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown... 
