Perhaps the Martin, housed in holy ground,

Might think of ghosts, that walk their midnight round,

Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream

Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream:

As little weight his vain presages bear,

Of ill effect to such alone who fear;

Most prophecies are of a piece with these,

Each Nostradamus can foretel with ease:

Not naming persons, and confounding times,

One casual truth supports a thousand lying rhymes.