Midnight dreary, bleak December Saintly days of yore Suddenly a rapping, tapping At my chamber door Open wide entering darkness Mystery explore Only stillness silent terror Whispered word Lenore Nevermore Nevermore For the lost lenore Then a rapping gentle tapping Stately bird of yore Prophet still or bird or devil Tell me I implore Respite, respite nepenthe Lamplight gloating o'er Never flitting, still is sitting Night's plutonian shore Nevermore Nevermore For the lost lenore Nevermore (nevermore) Grim ungainly, ghastly gaunt Tempest's raging shore On the pallid, bust of pallas Eyes of blackest core All the seeming, of a demon Sorrow laden bore Unmerciful, ancient raven Not the lost lenore Nevermore Nevermore For the lost lenore Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore, nevermore Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore