A sense of mystery the spirit daunted,
And said, as plain as whisper in the ear,
The place is Haunted!
PART III.
'Tis hard for human actions to account,
Whether from reason or from impulse only—
But some internal prompting bade me mount
The gloomy stairs and lonely.
Those gloomy stairs, so dark, and damp, and cold,
With odors as from bones and relics carnal,