“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

—  Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

Stanza 5.
The Raven (1844)

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American author, poet, editor and literary critic 1809–1849

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