Quote #7

Raven from the dim dominions On the Night's Plutonian shore, Oft I hear thy dusky pinions Wave and flutter round my door- See the shadow of thy pinions Float along the moonlit floor.

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  1. The summer skies are darkly blue, The days are still and bright, And Evening trails her robes of gold Through the dim halls of Night.
  2. Enchantress of the stormy seas, Priestess of Night's high mysteries.
  3. Warm lights are on the sleepy uplands waning Beneath dark clouds along the horizon rolled, Till the slant sunbeams through the fringes rain…
  4. The sweet imperious mouth, whose haughty valor Defied all portents of impending doom.
  5. Tell him I lingered alone on the shore, Where we parted, in sorrow, to meet nevermore; The night-wind blew cold on my desolate heart But co…
  6. Star of resplendent front! Thy glorious eye Shines on me still from out yon clouded sky.

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