EBBA 34343

National Library of Scotland - Rosebery

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The Apparition.

AT Mid-night Hours, when Nature seems to nod,

And Sleep triumphs upon the Works of God,

Tormented Souls awake, and Spirits fly abroad,

Appear'd, with smiling Face, a Female's Ghost,

By Falshood to Elisium Shades was tost,

And thus harangu'd a Monster of a Man,

While Horror shook his Limbs and thro' his Pulses ran,

My Sins forgiven, now Glory swells my Breast,

I answer'd for your Bill, and Jesus for the rest.

My Joy begins, and your eternal Wo,

For I'm absolv'd above, as you below,

Where Truth and Justice reign, without a Flaw,

No Falshood there, nor sneaking Tricks of Law,

In Doomsday's Books your Name hath got a Mark,

And every Angel was a Divine Clerk.

Receive this Rope resign'd me from the Tree,

And mourn and melt when you remember me.

Edinburgh, Printed by James Ross.

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