No idea but...
Posted by Alex on November 13, 2001 In Reply to: No answer came the stern reply
posted by Richard Beck on November 13, 2001
: I would like to know the origin of the phrase
: "No answer came the stern reply"
It's quite similar to a line from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven":
'...Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure
- / That sad answer, "Never - nevermore."'
- Re: No idea but... Bruce Kahl
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