Is of another and more fearful world—

A realm of indistinct and shadowy forms,

Waking strange thoughts almost too much for this—

Our frail terrestrial nature.

Vit. Well I know

All this, and more. Such scenes have been th’ abodes

Where through the silence of my soul have pass’d

Voices and visions from the sphere of those

That have to die no more! Nay, doubt it not!

If such unearthly intercourse hath e’er