The clock struck midnightAnd through my sleepingI heard a tapping at my doorI looked but nothing lay in the darknessAnd so I turned inside once moreTo my amazementThere stood a ravenWhose shadow hung above my doorThen through the silenceIt spoke that one wordThat I shall hear forever moreNevermoreThus quoth the raven, nevermoreAnd still the raven remains in my roomNo matter how much I imploreNo words can soothe himNo prayer remove himAnd I must hear for evermoreQuoth the raven, nevermoreThus quoth the ravenNevermore