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.


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"The Raven"
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