Nevermore Raven

"But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking “Nevermore.” Copyright Credit: Public domain. First published by Wiley and Putnam, 1845, in The Raven and Other Poems ​​​​​​​by Edgar Allan Poe.   The Raven is one o