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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.
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.
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.
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.
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.
For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.
Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?
Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?