text:  After he has dispatched it the lady enters his apartment: oh blessed and gracious apparition! We quote the _denouement_ omitting one or two stanzas-- Soh! how still the lady standeth! 'tis a dream--a dream of mercies! 'Twixt the purple lattice-curtains how she standeth still and pale! 'Tis a vision sure of mercies sent to soften his self-curses-- Sent to _sweep_ a patient quiet o'er the tossing of his wail