The Ghost World

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Ghost World, by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer
BY T. F. THISELTON DYER AUTHOR OF ‘CHURCH LORE GLEANINGS’ ETC.
London WARD & DOWNEY 12 YORK STREET COVENT GARDEN 1893
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THE GHOST WORLD
Open lock, end strife, Come death, and pass life.
Similarly, it is not good to weep for the dead, as it disturbs the peace and rest of the soul. In an old Danish ballad of Aage and Else, a lover’s ghost says to his mistress:
Every time thou weepest, for each tear in that flood, The coffin I am laid in is filled with much blood.
Or, as another version has it:
Every time thou’rt joyful, And in thy mind art glad, Then is my grave within Hung round with roses’ leaves.
Every time thou grievest, And in thy mind are sad, Then is within my coffin As if full of clotted blood.