He saw a ghost. It occupied--that dismal thing!-- The path that he was… — The Devil's Dictionary
SAPIR 861
He saw a ghost. It occupied--that dismal thing!-- The path that he was following. Before he'd time to stop and fly, An earthquake trifled with the eye That saw a ghost. He fell as fall the early good; Unmoved that awful vision stood. The stars that danced before his ken He wildly brushed away, and then He saw a post.
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