Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore!”

J. C. Rose.

Highly commended:—

Once upon an evening dreary, as I pondered worn and weary

Over many a dusty packet of unsettled bills of yore,

As I sat serenely rocking, thinking it was very shocking,

Suddenly I heard a knocking—knocking at my study door.

“’Tis my tailor gay,” I muttered, “knocking at my study door—

Only this, and nothing more.”

Ah! distinct my recollection, for I had a chest affection—