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  1. Yayyyy family in christ image 😊
    Hi brothers and sisters in Christ image 😊
    When I hear this poem
    I think, maybe some people wrote poems
    To not go to the nut house lol….
    Anyway, this is wonderful, I hope we all enjoy πŸ‘πŸ˜Š.

    The Raven

    ByΒ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten loreβ€”

    Β Β Β  While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

    β€œβ€™Tis some visitor,” I muttered, β€œtapping at my chamber doorβ€”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Only this and nothing more.”

    Β Β Β  Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;

    And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

    Β Β Β  Eagerly I wished the morrow;β€”vainly I had sought to borrow

    Β Β Β  From my books surcease of sorrowβ€”sorrow for the lost Lenoreβ€”

    For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenoreβ€”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NamelessΒ hereΒ for evermore.

    Β Β Β  And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

    Thrilled meβ€”filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

    Β Β Β  So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating

    Β Β Β  β€œβ€™Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber doorβ€”

    Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;β€”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This it is and nothing more.”

    Β Β Β  Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

    β€œSir,” said I, β€œor Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;

    Β Β Β  But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,

    Β Β Β  And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

    That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;β€”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Darkness there and nothing more.

    Β Β Β  Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,

    Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;

    Β Β Β  But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,

    Β Β Β  And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, β€œLenore?”

    This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, β€œLenore!”—

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Merely this and nothing more.

    Β Β Β  Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,

    Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.

    Β Β Β  β€œSurely,” said I, β€œsurely that is something at my window lattice;

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery exploreβ€”

    Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;β€”

                ’Tis the wind and nothing more!”

    Β Β Β  Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,

    In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;

    Β Β Β  Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;

    Β Β Β  But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber doorβ€”

    Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber doorβ€”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

    Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,

    By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,

    β€œThough thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, β€œart sure no craven,

    Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shoreβ€”

    Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Quoth the Raven β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,

    Though its answer little meaningβ€”little relevancy bore;

    Β Β Β  For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being

    Β Β Β  Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber doorβ€”

    Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With such name as β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only

    That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.

    Β Β Β  Nothing farther then he utteredβ€”not a feather then he flutteredβ€”

    Β Β Β  Till I scarcely more than muttered β€œOther friends have flown beforeβ€”

    On the morrowΒ heΒ will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Then the bird said β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,

    β€œDoubtless,” said I, β€œwhat it utters is its only stock and store

    Β Β Β  Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster

    Β Β Β  Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden boreβ€”

    Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Of β€˜Neverβ€”nevermore’.”

    Β Β Β  But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,

    Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;

    Β Β Β  Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking

    Β Β Β  Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yoreβ€”

    What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Meant in croaking β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing

    To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;

    Β Β Β  This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining

    Β Β Β  On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er,

    But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er,

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β SheΒ shall press, ah, nevermore!

    Β Β Β  Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer

    Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.

    Β Β Β  β€œWretch,” I cried, β€œthy God hath lent theeβ€”by these angels he hath sent thee

    Β Β Β  Respiteβ€”respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;

    Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Quoth the Raven β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  β€œProphet!” said I, β€œthing of evil!β€”prophet still, if bird or devil!β€”

    Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,

    Β Β Β  Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchantedβ€”

    Β Β Β  On this home by Horror hauntedβ€”tell me truly, I imploreβ€”

    Is thereβ€”isΒ there balm in Gilead?β€”tell meβ€”tell me, I implore!”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Quoth the Raven β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  β€œProphet!” said I, β€œthing of evil!β€”prophet still, if bird or devil!

    By that Heaven that bends above usβ€”by that God we both adoreβ€”

    Β Β Β  Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,

    Β Β Β  It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenoreβ€”

    Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Quoth the Raven β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  β€œBe that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!” I shrieked, upstartingβ€”

    β€œGet thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore!

    Β Β Β  Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!

    Β Β Β  Leave my loneliness unbroken!β€”quit the bust above my door!

    Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Quoth the Raven β€œNevermore.”

    Β Β Β  And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting,Β stillΒ is sitting

    On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

    Β Β Β  And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,

    Β Β Β  And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

    And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor

    Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Shall be liftedβ€”nevermore!

    Have a beautiful day family in christ.
    All glory and honor to our dear beloved father who art in heaven.
    Come Lord Jesus come, we can't wait to hug you,
    We love you so much father πŸ™πŸ«ΆπŸ™πŸ˜πŸ’™πŸ˜Š

  2. Deuteronomy 31:6 (HNV) Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid, nor be scared of them: for the LORD your God, he it is who does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.

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