Distant Maiden



"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!--
By that Heaven that bends above us--by that God we both adore--
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore--
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
        Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849),
The Raven







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