"Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'Other friends have flown before--
On the morrow _he_ will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'"


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"Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy."


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"But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er
_She_ shall press, ah, nevermore!"


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"'Wretch,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!'"


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"On this home by Horror haunted."