<em>Then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, </em>
The black bird amused me into smiling
<em>By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore</em>,
By its dark, serious appearance
<em>"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, </em>
The raven seems domesticated, but it isn't a coward (craven)
<em>Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore— </em>
Wondering around at this time of night
<em>Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" </em>
"Tell me who sent you, was it the underworld? (Plutonian refers to Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld)
<em>Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."</em>
The raven replied, "Nevermore"
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