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Le Corbeau (Mallarmé) - Wikisource - 0 views

  • Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
  • And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
  • Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
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  • Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
  • But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
  • Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
  • Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
  • For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
  • But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
  • Nothing further then he uttered; not a feather then he fluttered— Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before—
  • Startled at the stillnes broken by reply so aptly spoken,
  • Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—
  • But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
  • This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
  • And his eyes have all the seeming of a Demon's that is dreaming,
Sunny Jackson

Avon Fantasy Reader/Issue 10/Storm Warning - Wikisource - 0 views

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    Storm Warning by Donald A. Wollheim
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Phantastes - Wikisource - 0 views

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    by George MacDonald
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