Title-page, designed by Elihu Vedder. | Frederick Juengling. |
"Nevermore." | H. Claudius, G.J. Buechner. |
ANANKE. | H. Claudius. |
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore." | R.A. Muller. |
"Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." | R.G. Tietze. |
"Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore." | H. Claudius. |
"Sorrow for the lost Lenore." | W. Zimmermann. |
"For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore." | Frederick Juengling. |
"''T is some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.'" | W. Zimmermann. |
—"Here I opened wide the door;—Darkness there, and nothing more." | H. Claudius. |
"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." | F.S. King. |
"'Surely,' said I, 'surely that is something at my window lattice; Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore.'" | Frederick Juengling. |
"Open here I flung the shutter." | T. Johnson. |
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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." | R. Staudenbaur. |
"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more." | R.G. Tietze. |
"Wandering from the Nightly shore." | Frederick Juengling. |
"Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before— On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'" | Frank French. |
"Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy." | R. Schelling. |
"But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore!" | George Kruell. |
"'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!'" | Victor Bernstrom. |
"On this home by Horror haunted." | R. Staudenbaur. |
"'Tell me truly, I implore—Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!'" | W. Zimmermann. |
"'Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore.'" | F.S. King. |
"'Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting." | W. Zimmermann. |
"'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!'" | Robert Hoskin. |
"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore!" | R.G. Tietze. |
The secret of the Sphinx. | R. Staudenbaur. |