Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems
Haunted Houses by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
where is the setting of the poem? what are the phantoms doing?
where is the setting of the poem? what are the phantoms doing?
Longfellow does not include an identifiable setting outside of the fact that he is talking about haunted houses.
The phantoms....
"....on their errands glide"
"Along the passages they come and go..."
The spirit-world around this world of sense
Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere
Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense
A vital breath of more ethereal air.
Haunted Houses