Darkness there, and nothing more."

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"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before."

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"'Surely,' said I, 'surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore.'"

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"Open here I flung the shutter."

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... "A stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he."

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"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door--
Perched, and sat, and nothing more."

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"Wandering from the Nightly shore."

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"Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before--
On the morrow _he_ will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'"

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"Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy."

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"But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er
_She_ shall press, ah, nevermore!"

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"'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!'"

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"On this home by Horror haunted."

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... "Tell me truly, I implore--
Is there--_is_ there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me, I implore!"

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"Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore."

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"'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting."

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"'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!'"

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"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore!"

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