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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN APPARITION, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poet's Biography
First Line: I met a timid maid yestreen
Last Line: Scarce knowing were I live or dead!
Subject(s): Fear; Ghosts; Supernatural
First Line: I met a timid maid yestreen
Last Line: Scarce knowing were I live or dead!
Subject(s): Fear; Ghosts; Supernatural
I MET a timid maid yestreen
Who blushed a conscious red,
Together smote my knees with fear,
I shook with inward dread.
A spook, a spook! I cried aghast,
No modern maid doth wear
Such gentle mien—I crossed myself
And breathed a silent prayer.
With quaking limbs I turned and fled,
Scarce knowing were I live or dead!
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