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 @3helpless@1 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! @3Retire!@1 One instant longer an thou haunt'st me, I'll @3Inhale@1 thee, O thou wraith despicable! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A SKYLARK by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM by ROBERT SOUTHEY AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA by OSCAR WILDE PRAYER FOR A CITY CHILD by DOROTHY P. ALBAUGH TO MY READERS by ALEXANDER ANDERSON STELLA AND FLAVIA by MARY BARBER SILVER ANNIVERSARY by BEULAH ALLYNE BELL RECOLLECTIONS OF SOLITUDE; AN ELEGY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES |