STANZA 8 Footnotes:
1. ebony - black.
2. beguiling - lead
by deception.
3. fancy - to have a
liking for something without reason.
4. grave -extremely
serious.
5. stern - firm or unyielding.
6. decorum - propriety
in conduct and appearance.
7. countenance - a look
or expression.
8. crest - a tuft (of
feathers in this case) on the head of an animal, especially a bird.
9. shorn - deprived
of something by cutting.
10. craven - lacking the least bit
of courage. Cowardly.
11. Plutonian shore - pertaining
to Pluto, the Roman god of the dead and the underworld.
(see "Additional Notes1")
12. Nevermore - Never again.