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The Raven

Once upon a midnight dreary,

while I pondered weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious

volume of forgotten lore,

While I nodded, nearly napping,

suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping,

rapping at my chamber door.

`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered,

`tapping at my chamber door -

Only this, and nothing more.'