Gyosai Kadan Nihen ca.1887
Art by Kawanabe Kyōsai
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning - little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door -
Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as `Nevermore.'
The Ninth Stanza of Edgar Alan Poe's The Raven
Illustration for The Raven
by Gustave Doré 1883
Edgar Allan Poe, 1848
Photo: Edwin H. Manchester