 | 1855 - 1416 pages
...demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming, throws his shadow on the floor ; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor. Shall be lifted, Never more." But it is not alone the subjectivity which we observe in these stanzas ; the almost miraculous... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 pages
...demon's that is dreaming, And the 1amp-light o er him streaming, throws his shadow on the floor ; And my soul from out that, shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted — uever more ! In our opinion, says Mr. NP Willis, "The Raven" is the most effective single example... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 344 pages
...wings of night over the sorrow of the unfortunate, and these dark words conclude the tale: — "And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted Nevermore." The same shadow of unutterable wo •rests upon several of his smaller poems, and the effect is greatly... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming, throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted — never more !' JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, one of the most versatile of the younger poets of America,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor ; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore ! ADDRESS TO AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY. BY HORACE SMITH. AND hast thou walked about, (how strange a story !)... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...demon that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor, And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore ! LESSON CXXX. SPEECH ON THE AMERICAN WAR. BY LORD CHATHAM. » WILLIAM PITT, first Earl of Chatham,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore! LONGFELLOW. HYMN TO THE NIGHT. I IIEAIID the trailing garments of the Niglil Sweep through her marble... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 pages
...demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp -light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall he lifted — nevermore ! LENOKE. AH, broken is the golden bowl ! the spirit flown for ever ! Let the... | |
 | 1859 - 528 pages
...that is dreaming And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my seal from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore I LENORE. AH, broken is the golden bowl ! the spirit flown forever ! Let the bell toll ! — a saintly... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light, o'er him streaming, throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — never more ! It 13 difficult to make any selections from Mr. Poo's prore worki that will give a... | |
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And the Raven, never flitting, Still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas Just above my chamber door : And his eyes have all the seeming Of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the... 
