Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, / Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
- Source
- The Raven, 1845
- Written
- 1845
About this quotation
The narrator speaks these lines after opening his door in the dark and finding only the word “Lenore”, which he whispers and an echo murmurs back. They come early in the poem, before the raven enters the room.