The black velvet of her locket nestled with special softness round her neck.

The king was dressed in a purple velvet jacket, white muslin trousers, and a saffron-yellow turban of price.

But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.