...Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore, Of "Never — nevermore." But the Baven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I...gaunt, and ominous bird of yore, Meant in croaking, " Never more.'' This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiery...

...dirges of his hope the melancholy burden bore Of ' Nevermore ' — ' Nevermore.' " But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking, "Nevermore." Thus I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl, whose fiery eyes now burned...

...dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never — nevermore.' " But the Raven still heguiling Oh, press it close to thine again, Where it will brrak at last! Very few, per hird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I hetook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy,...

...by Edgar Allan Poe ( 1 809-49) ; DHL borrows much from the poem, as Cyril too sits 'thinking. . . / What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking " Nevermore " ' (lines 70-2). 82 : 23 It was half past eleven. The compositor omitted this sentence at the end...

...engenders its own compulsion-to-sense" (p- 99) — cannot be evaded, as the next stanza indicates: Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." The final absorption in the project of understanding is emphasized here by the enjambment on the word...

...Hope the melancholy burden bore Of 'Never—nevermore.'" But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat...upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancv unto fancv, thinking what this ominous bird of vore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt,...

...What? Now a smiling bird? What is it, schizophrenic? Where the hell are you going with this? EDGAR "Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door..." EMILY What? Some guy's sitting, talking to a bird? EDGAR "Blackbird singin' in the dead of night"?...

...the middle of the poem describes the seductive pull of the raven and of anxiety: But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling. Straight I...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." In a mood of anxiety a person may sink into a linking of fancy unto fancy, thinking ominous depressing...

...Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never - nevermore.' '' But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I...myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what his ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant...

...that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never — nevermore.' " But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat...upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking 70 Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly,...