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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN IMPORTUNATE GHOST, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Get gone, thou most uncomfortable
Last Line: Inhale thee, o thou wraith despicable!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural
First Line: Get gone, thou most uncomfortable
Last Line: Inhale thee, o thou wraith despicable!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural
GET gone, thou most uncomfortable ghost!
Thou really dost annoy me with thy thin
Impalpable transparency of grin;
And the vague, shadowy shape of thee almost
Hath vexed me beyond boundary and coast
Of my broad patience. Stay thy chattering chin,
And reel the tauntings of thy vain tongue in,
Nor tempt me further with thy vaporish boast
That I am helpless to combat thee! Well,
Have at thee, then! Yet if a doom most dire
Thou wouldst escape, flee whilst thou canst! -- Revile
Me not, Miasmic Mist! -- Rank Air! Retire!
One instant longer an thou haunt'st me, I'll
Inhale thee, O thou wraith despicable!
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