Thou spectral spook of many Silly Seasons,

Beshrew thee, and avaunt! Which being put

In post-Shakspearian vernacular, means

Confound, you, and Get out!!! The monstrous worm

Wriggling its corkscrew periwinkly twists

Of trunk and tail alternate, winked huge goggles

Derisively and gurgled. "Me get out,

The Science-vouched, and Literature-upheld,

And Reason-rehabilitated butt

Of many years of misdirected mockery?