162 | 6.12.2009 | 2 years ago
(via misswallflower)
Some years ago I selected one stanza of this poem to memorize, I wrote it in big letters on construction paper and taped them to ceiling above my bed. It is as follows:
`Prophet!’ said I, `thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!’
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.’
