The only ghost I ever saw Was dressed in mechlin, --so: He wore no sandal on his foot, And stepped like flakes of snow. His gait was soundless, like the bird, But rapid, like the roe: His fashions quaint, mosaic, Or, happly, mistletoe. His conversation seldom, His laughter like the breeze That dies away in dimples Among the pensive trees. Our interview was transient,-- Of me, myself was shy; And God forbid I look behind Since that appaulling day!