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The Raven's house is built with reeds,— :Sing woe, and alas is me! And the Raven's 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.
The Raven's house is built with reeds,— :Sing woe, and alas is me! And the Raven's 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.
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- Thos. Darcy McGee (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 656 · quotation 8 · Thos. Darcy McGee · The Penitent Raven.
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