[282] The edition of 1809 adds:
"Of ghosts all restless!—(cease they to complain—
More than a century should relieve their pain—)."
A footnote adds the comment: "A superstition, at present, existing only among the ignorant."
[283] "Handsome Yankee maids."—Ed. 1809.
[284] The edition of 1809 adds:
"That gloomy race lead up the evening dance,
Skip on the sands, or dart the alluring glance:
Sincere are they?—no—on your gold they doat—
And in one hour—for that would cut your throat.
All is deceit—half hell is in their song
And from the silent thought?—You have done us wrong!"
[285] This line and the fifteen following omitted from the later editions.