The End of Hope Lyrics

But the Raven, sitting lonely

On that placid bust, spoke only

That one word, as if his soul in

That one word he did outpour

Nothing farther then he uttered

Not a feather then he fluttered

Till I scarcely more than muttered

Other friends have flown before

On the morrow he will leave me

As my hopes have flown before

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"

Wondering at the stillness broken

By reply so aptly spoken

Doubtless, said I, what it utters

Is its only stock and store

Caught from some unhappy master

Whom unmerciful Disaster

Followed fast and followed faster,

Till hope he dared adjure

Stern despair returned once more,

Quoth, the Raven, "Nevermore"

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"

Nevermore, nevermore

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"

Nevermore, nevermore

But the Raven still beguiling

All my sad soul into smiling

Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in

Front of bird and bust and door

Then, upon the velvet sinking

I betook myself to linking

Fancy unto fancy, thinking

What this ominous bird of yore

What this grim, ungainly, ghastly

Gaunt, and ominous bird of yore

Meant in croaking "Nevermore"

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"

Nevermore, nevermore

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"

Nevermore, nevermore

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 lamplight gloated o'er

But whose velvet violet lining

With the lamplight gloating o'er

She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore"

Nevermore

Nevermore, nevermore

Nevermore

Nevermore, nevermore

Nevermore