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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, haply, mistletoe.
His conversation seldom, / His laughter like the breeze / That dies away in dimples / Among the pensive trees.
Our interview was transient, -- / Of me, himself was shy; / And God forbid I look behind / Since that appalling day!