Impelled like wan somnambulists, arise—

Constrained to emerge and walk, or seated each

On his own tombstone, shrouded council hold,

Or commerce with the sooty wings of Hell.

All omens of this influential hour

When all dark powers, thronging to the dark,

Promote enchantry with their wavèd wings,

And brim the wind with potency malign—

A dew of dread to aid our cauldron—these

Observe thou closely, while I seek afield