Raven, The

noun

1. a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.

“The Raven”

1. (1845) A poem by Edgar Allan Poe . A man mourning for his lost lover is visited by a raven that tells him he will see her “nevermore.” The poem begins with these famous lines:

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

   Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

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

   As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.