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halloween 注释标题 is thought to be a night when witches, devils, and other ischief-akg begs are abroad on their baneful idnight errands; particurly those aerial people, the fairies, are said on that night to hold a grand anniversary,—rb

the follog poe will, by any readers, be well enough understood; but for the sake of those who are unacated with the anners and traditions of the untry where the scene is cast, notes are added to give aount of the prcipal chars and spells of that night, big with prophecy to the peasantry the west of stnd the passion of pryg to futurity akes a strikg part of the history of huan nature its rude state, all as and nations; and it ay be entertant to a philophic d, if any such honour the author with a peral, to see the reas of it aong the ore unenlightened our own—rb

yes! let the rich deride, the proud disda,

the siple pleasure of the lowly tra;

to ore dear, nnial to y heart,

one native char, than all the gloss of art—goldsith

upon that night, when fairies light

on cassilis downans dance,

or owre the ys, splendid bze,

on sprightly ursers prance;

or for lean the rout is ta&039;en,

beneath the oon&039;s pale beas;

there, up the ve, to stray an&039; rove,

aang the rocks and streas

to sport that night;

aang the bonie dg banks,

where doon rs, wipl, clear;

where bruce ance rul&039;d the artial ranks,

an&039; shook his carrick spear;

rry, friendly, untra-folks

tother did nvene,

to burn their nits, an&039; pou their stocks,

an&039; haud their halloween

fu&039; blythe that night

the sses feat, an&039; cleanly neat,

air braw than when they&039;re fe;

their faces blythe, fu&039; sweetly kythe,

hearts leal, an&039; war, an&039; k&039;:

the ds sae trig, wi&039; wooer-babs

weel-knotted on their garten;

un bte, an&039; wi&039; gabs