And the long passage, send a dismal tune,—

Music that ghosts delight in; and now heed

Yon beauteous nymph who must unmask the deed:

See! with majestic sweep she swims alone

Through rooms all dreary, guided by a groan.

Though windows rattle, and though tapestries shake,

And the feet falter every step they take,

Mid moans and gibing sprites she silent goes,

To find a something which shall soon expose

The villainies and wiles of her determined foes: