In undisturb'd procession.

As undisturb'd as the prehensile cell

Of moth or maggot, or the spider's tissue,

For never foot upon that threshold fell,

To enter or to issue.

O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear,

A sense of mystery the spirit daunted,

And said, as plain as whisper in the ear,

The place is Haunted!

Howbeit, the door I push'd—or so I dream'd—