Thursday, November 08, 2012

A Little Casuistry Goes a Long Way—Nevermore Clasp The Maiden Named America.

A Little Casuistry Goes a Long Way: (From Edgar Allen Poe)
"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 named America—
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named America."
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."


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