Ghost.

Ah—well—’twas given out that—(pardon me,

A ghost must have his feelings)—rumour reached me,

That the whole ear of London

Was by a forged process of my “Tempest”

Rankly abus’d—and know, thou noble youth—

With serpents and trombones disguised, my piece

Now scares the town.

P. Com.

O, my prophetic soul! the opera!