Which lines in this excerpt from "the raven" by edgar allan poe best show that the speaker is still haunted by the memories of lenore? which lines in this excerpt from "the raven" by edgar allan poe best show that the speaker is still haunted by the memories of lenore? this i sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
to the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
this and more i sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
on the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
but whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er,
she shall press, ah, nevermore! then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor
"wretch," i cried, "thy god hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee
respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of lenore!
quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost lenore! "
quoth the raven, "nevermore."