THE MOON IS ON THE WAIN.

THE APPARITION.


IN the dead of the night, when from beds that are turfy,

The spirits rise up on old cronies to call,

Came a shade from the shades on a visit to Murphy,

Who had not foreseen such a visit at all.

“Don’t shiver and shake,” said the mild Apparition,

“I’m come to your bed with no evil design;