So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
''Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—
⁠This it is, and nothing more.

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
'Sir,' said I, 'or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,