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 Where entity and quiddity,
 The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly.  
 Where entity and quiddity,
 The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly. 
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she.
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she.
 I look for ghosts; but none will force
 Their way to me; 'tis falsely said
  That even read more 
 I look for ghosts; but none will force
 Their way to me; 'tis falsely said
  That even there was intercourse
   Between the living and the dead. 
 What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade
 Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade?  
 What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade
 Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade? 
 The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene, 
followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord 
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 The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene, 
followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord 
Goderich. 
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
 There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave
 To tell us this.  
 There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave
 To tell us this. 
 Who gather round, and wonder at the tale
 Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,
  That walks at read more 
 Who gather round, and wonder at the tale
 Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,
  That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand
   O'er some new-open'd grave; and, (strange to tell!)
    Evanishes at crowing of the cock. 
 Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
 And airy tongues that syllable men's names.  
 Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
 And airy tongues that syllable men's names.