Decorum Of The Countenance

By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou i said art sure no craven ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore.

Decorum of the countenance. By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou i said art sure no craven ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore tell me what thy lordly name is on the night s plutonian shore quoth the raven nevermore. By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou i said art sure no craven ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore. Decorum is defined as appropriate polite behavior in society.

Countenance as a noun is also used quite eloquently in edgar allen poe s poem the raven then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling by the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore scott mitchell nov 27 10 at 21 56.