That a fellow hath gotten a Family Ghost,
For a Family Ghost to a Family Name
Is a sort of appurtenance much the same
As a coat-of-arms, or a Family Tree;
No such Ghost but for persons of pedigree.
O, the Family Ghost!
O, the Family Ghost!
In your stuccoed Villas it scorns to dwell;
Stands only the hold of your high-born Swell.
It disdains to appear—having too much pride—