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...core : This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet...gloating o'er, She shall press — ah ! nevermore ! 14. Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim, whose foot-falls...

...core — This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet...the tufted floor. " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories...

...bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet...by seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted He hath sent thee Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of floor. 'Wretch,' I cried, ' thy...

...core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet...perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose faint footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent thee — by these...

...But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er Slie shall press, ah, never more ! Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from...tufted floor. " Wretch ! " I cried, " thy god hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite— respite and nepenthe from thy memories of...

...melodious, and they harmonise with the ideas which they represent. Thus, in the lines from " The Raven," — "Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from...Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor: " we feel the harmony between the gently swinging censer, with its rolling clouds of incense, and the...

...core ; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet...the tufted floor. " Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent thee— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite — respite and nepenthe from thy memories of...

...core ; Tliis and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet...whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," 1 cried, "thy God hath lent thee,— by these angels he hath sent thee Respite, — respite and nepenthe...

...core — This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet...Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseeu censer Swung by seraphim, whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy...