As think of touching my immortal shade.
--_Cyrus the Great_.
]

_King_. But say, [1] thou dearest air, oh! say what dread,
Important business sends thee back to earth?

[Footnote 1:
Thou better part of heavenly air.
--_Conquest of Granada,_.
]

_Ghost_. Oh! then prepare to hear--which but to hear
Is full enough to send thy spirit hence.
Thy subjects up in arms, by Grizzle led,
Will, ere the rosy-finger'd morn shall ope
The shutters of the sky, before the gate
Of this thy royal palace, swarming spread.
[1] So have I seen the bees in clusters swarm,
So have I seen the stars in frosty nights,
So have I seen the sand in windy days,
So have I seen the ghosts on Pluto's shore,
So have I seen the flowers in spring arise,
So have I seen the leaves in autumn fall,
So have I seen the fruits in summer smile,
So have I seen the snow in winter frown.

[Footnote 1: "A string of similes," says one, "proper to be hung up in
the cabinet of a prince."]