“Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil! – prophet still, if bird or devil! — Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted – tell me truly, I implore — “Is there – is there balm in Gilead? – tell me – tell me, I implore!” Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
