Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

Tell of uncharnel'd spectres, seen to glide

Along the lone wood's unfrequented path,

Startling the nighted traveller; while the sound

Of undistinguished murmurs, heard to come

From the dark centre of the deep'ning glen,

Struck on his frozen ear:"[322:B]

and lastly Mr. Scott, in his highly interesting poem entitled Rokeby, speaking of the tales of superstition, adds,

"When Christmas logs blaze high and wide,

Such wonders speed the festal tide,

While Curiosity and Fear,