There are several editions of this ebook in the Project Gutenberg collection. Various characteristics of each ebook are listed to aid in selecting the preferred file.
Click on any of the filenumbers below to quickly view each ebook.
| 45484 | (Many Sepia Illustrations) |
| 17192 | (Many Black and White Illustrations) |
| 1065 | (Plain HTML file with no illustrations) |
THE RAVEN
By Edgar Allan Poe
Illustrated By W. L. Taylor
Drawn and engraved under the supervision of George T. Andrew.
New York
E. P. Dutton And Company
39 West Twenty Third Street
1884
Copyright, 1883
Original
THE RAVEN
ONCE upon a midnight dreary,
While I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious
Volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping,
Suddenly there came a tapping,
As of 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, distinctly I remember
It was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember
Wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—
Vainly I had tried 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.
And the silken, sad uncertain
Rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic
Terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating
Of my heart, I stood repeating,
“‘Tis some visitor entreating