| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Raven |
| | | The croaking raven doth bellow for revenge. Shakespeare. | 1 |
| | The Ravens house is built with reeds, |
| Sing woe, and alas is me! |
| And the Ravens couch is spread with weeds, |
| High on the hollow tree; |
| And the Raven himself, telling his beads |
| In penance for his past misdeeds, |
| Upon the top I see. |
Thos. Darcy McGee. | 2 |
| | And the Raven, never flitting, |
| Still is sitting, still is sitting |
| On the pallid bust of Pallas |
| Just above my chamber door; |
| And his eyes have all the seeming |
| Of a demons that is dreaming, |
| And the lamplight oer him streaming |
| Throws his shadow on the floor, |
| And my soul from out that shadow, |
| That lies floating on the floor, |
| Shall be liftednevermore. |
Poe. | 3 | | |
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