The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she.

The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she.

What are these,
So withered and so wild in their attire
That took not like th' inhabitants read more

What are these,
So withered and so wild in their attire
That took not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth
And yet are on't?

So many ghosts, and forms of fright,
Have started from their graves to-night,
They have driven sleep read more

So many ghosts, and forms of fright,
Have started from their graves to-night,
They have driven sleep from mine eyes away;
I will go down to the chapel and pray.

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.

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?

Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?

Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?

For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.

For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.

Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.

Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.

I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

I can call spirits from the vasty deep.