"A man's a man for a' that!"

Rival Rhymes, in honour of Burns; by Ben Trovato (Routledge), London, 1859.


THE HAUNTED LIMBO.

A May-Night Vision, after a Visit to the Grosvenor Gallery. (With acknowledgment of a hint from HOOD.)

I.

A WORLD of whim I wandered in of late,

A limbo all unknown to common mortals;

But in the drear night-watches 'twas my fate

To pass within its portals.