Pursues his course with staggering step across the noble hall;

He climbs the winding turret-stair, he reaches Adolf’s room,

And pale as any ghost or ghoule that ever left the tomb,

He sinks into a chair,

With a vacant stare,

Examines by turns all the furniture there;

He gasps and he groans,

And he bellows and moans,

And he mutters of devils, Old Nick, Davey Jones,

Till his host, who of flying begins to think,