The raven is my talisman.... Death is my talisman, Mr. Chapman. The one indestructible force. The one certain thing in an uncertai...n universe. Death.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
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 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!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the ...Nightly shore-- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black ...as a raven. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl, his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. We generally ma...ke up our minds beforehand to the sort of person we should like, grave or gay, black, brown, or fair; with golden tresses or raven locks;--and when we meet with a complete example of the qualities we admire, the bargain is soon struck.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There comes Poe, with his raven, like Barnaby Rudge, Three-fifths of him genius, and two-fifths sheer fudge.... Who talks like a book of iambs and pentameters, In a way to make people of common sense damn metres, Who has written some things quite the best of their kind, But the heart somehow seems all squeezed out by the mind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »