The Only Ghost I Ever Saw by Emily Dickinson
Published On Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Under: 1800s, Dickinson, Emily.
The Only Ghost I Ever Saw
by Emily Dickinson
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 ...
