...therefore, somehow at the center of this psalm. And should a Bible reader at some midnight dreary, pondering "weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore . . ."— should some such Bible reader ask whether the Lord might forget to feed those tiny birds,...

...that bird might remind you of Edgar Alan Poe's poetic masterpiece "The Raven," which begins thusly: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak...door. ""Pis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — "Only this and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December...

...by naming their football team after him. Here is the first stanza of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven": Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more." Which...

...which the entire poem rhymes is extremely difficult to imitate in translation. Take these two verses: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'T'is some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more." ***...

...one need only think of the hypnotic alliteration and rhythms of Poe's extremely popular "The Raven." Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door — "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more."18...

...reigns upright, I have wandered home but newly From this ultimate dim Thule. [1844-1849] THE RAVEN Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door — " Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more." Ah,...

...that bird might remind you of Edgar Alan Poe's poetic masterpiece "The Raven," which begins thusly: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — "Only this and nothing more." Ah,...

...the United States by advocating the same economic philosophy, thus confirming Graham's genius. 25. "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak...nodded nearly napping suddenly there came a tapping, of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door." The truth is, the tapping at the chamber door...

...pellets drumming against the window and thought of the beginning of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven": While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. The Twain Shall Meet 57 "Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and...

...alliteration, rhyme, repetition and emphatic metres. In The Raven' he employs an eight-stress trochaic line: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came...some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door However, we can see that these very long lines actually have a decided break in the middle: As of some...