A RECEIPT

For a Modern Romance.
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IN the drcary recess of thick planted wood,
Imagine castle for ages has stood
Suppose too, pale bleeding sccptre in white,
Stalking round its rude walls in the dead of the


night:
Make some hero (n courage match for the de-


vil)
March forth in determined pursuit of the evil
Tat keeps the whole place in perpetual af.


fright,
From the closing of day, till the dawning Of
Make some heroine a close winding passage ex-


plore,
Which (most wondrous) has never been found


out before.
While the rain beats in torrents, the winds howl


around,
And deep sullcn murfnur breaks forth from the


ground;
Let her lamp be extinguishcd, let one feeble


ray
Of the moon tn ough chink in the wall find its


way,
AS it Just for am instant escapes from cloud;
Then let darkness, deep darkness, its visage en-


shroud,
Having grop'd in this horrible place for while,
Let her find out a room in this half ruin'd pile,
Where mtirderss most foul were committed OF


old
In due form and order the tale to unfold.
Yet worm-eatcn trunk tue apartment adorn,
CONTAINING some manuscripts mouldy and torn, J
and an old table and chair thickly cover'd with


dast,
deep hater'd helmet cuirass all rust;
Let dagger; with three drops Of blood on the


blade,
4 few inches distant be skillfully laid.
vi, un her turning key, let the spectre appear,
Whlle the heroine displays not syptom of fear.
Al TINS solemn time let her lover attain.
Sya track, which till now he has sought for in
:. vain,
Inc mysterious abode-be surprised with the
maid,
hy the lord Of the castle be pursu'd and be-
Let the trumpet be sounded, the drum beat to


arms,