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"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."
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"'Surely,' said I, 'surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore.'"
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"Open here I flung the shutter."
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... "A stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he."
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"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
Perched, and sat, and nothing more."
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"Wandering from the Nightly shore."
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"Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before--
On the morrow _he_ will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'"
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"Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy."
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"But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er
_She_ shall press, ah, nevermore!"
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"'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!'"
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"On this home by Horror haunted.
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