Select the correct text in the passage.
Which words in this stanza from "The Raven" contribute to the dark and melancholy tone of the poem?
“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.”