And I saw, in the weeds, a dead man lie!”

Owl! that lovest the moonless sky,

Where the casements blaze

With the faggot’s rays,

Look! oh look! what seest thou there?

Owl! what’s this?—

That snort and hiss?

And why do thy feathers shiver and stare?

“’Tis he! ’tis he!

He sits ’mid the three—