...incidents to which our fears attach more consequence, as we cannot exactly tell what it is we hcli' il. 1, or what is to be apprehended from it: — " A thousand...Of calling shapes and beck'ning shadows dire, And aery tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desart wildernesses." Burke observes...

...beck'ning hand, Thy lonesome steps,' which he supposes to be taken from the following in Comus — • Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names,' is more probably taken from the commencement of Pope's Elegy on an unfortunate Lady — • What beck'ning...

...But where they are, and why they came not back, Is now the labour of my thoughts : * * * * * * * & thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory,...Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable mens' names, On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts...

...rife, and perfect in my listening ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And aery tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert...

...rife and perfect in my list'ning ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory,...names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong...

...rife and perfect in my list'ning ear ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be 1 A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory,...names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong...

...list'ning ear, Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be ? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes,...names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong-siding...

...the approach of some inhabitant of another world ; a thousand forms would distract his vision — " Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And...names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses." Or, if the veil which covered the heavens were parted ; if the vaporous curtain were drawn aside, and...

...list'ning ear; Yet naught but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies 205 Begin, to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And aery tongues that syllable men's names On sands , and shores , and desert wildernesses. These thoughts...

...and undefinable nature, such as arise in the mind of the Lady in the Masque of Comus, — incidents to which our fears attach more consequence, as we...observes upon obscurity, that it is necessary to make any thing terrible, and notices, " how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which none can form...