Apparitions Quotes
(1 - 10 of 21)Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow,
And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!
Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow,
And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!
Who gather round, and wonder at the tale
Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,
That walks at more
Who gather round, and wonder at the tale
Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,
That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand
O'er some new-open'd grave; and, (strange to tell!)
Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Where entity and quiddity,
The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly.
Where entity and quiddity,
The ghosts of defunct bodies, fly.
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she.
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she.
The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene,
followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord
more
The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene,
followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord
Goderich.
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
So many ghosts, and forms of fright,
Have started from their graves to-night,
They have driven sleep more
So many ghosts, and forms of fright,
Have started from their graves to-night,
They have driven sleep from mine eyes away;
I will go down to the chapel and pray.
Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men's names.
Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men's names.
For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.
For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.
Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?
Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?
