Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.
(The Raven)
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The searing glory which hath shone
Amid the jewels of my throne,
Halo of Hell!
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The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.
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The plots of God are perfect. The Universe is a plot of God.
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Sure thou art come O'er far-off seas,
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Yet that terror was not fright,
But a tremulous delight-
A feeling not the jewelled mine
Could teach or bribe me to define-
Nor Love- although the Love were thine.
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