Quote#Wisdom
Raven from the dim dominions
Quote bySarah Helen Whitman · 1803–1878
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1879), "The Raven", line 1, p. 72. (written as a counterpart to Poe's poem by the same name)..
English (original)
Raven from the dim dominions On the Night's Plutonian shore, Oft I hear thy dusky pinions Wave and flutter round my door— See the shadow of thy pinions Float along the moonlit floor.
— Sarah Helen Whitman
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