I saw the deed—why then appear?

Thou art not form’d of blood and bone!

Come not, dread being, come not near!

VII.

So! all is quiet, calm, serene;

I walk a noble mansion round— 50

From room to room, from scene to scene,

I breathless pass, in gloom profound;

No human shape, no mortal sound—

I feel an awe, I own a dread,