A Halloween

Pixie kobold elf and sprite All are on their rounds to-night In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-skelter play Fond of cellar barn or stack True unto the almanac They present to credulous eyes Strange hobgoblin mysteries Pixie kobold elf and sprite All are on their rounds to-night In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-skelter play Fond of cellar barn or stack True unto the almanac They present to credulous eyes Strange hobgoblin mysteries Pixie kobold elf and sprite All are on their rounds to-night In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-skelter play Fond of cellar barn or stack True unto the almanac They present to credulous eyes Strange hobgoblin mysteries Pixie kobold elf and sprite All are on their rounds to-night In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-skelter play Cabbage-stumps-straws wet with dew- Apple-skins and chestnuts too And a mirror for some lass Show what wonders come to pass Doors they move and gates they hide Mischiefs that on moonbeams ride Are their deeds-and by their spells Love records its oracles Pixie kobold elf and sprite All are on their rounds to-night In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-skelter play Don't we all of long ago By the ruddy fireplace glow In the kitchen and the hall Those queer coof-like pranks recall Eery shadows were they then But to-night they come again Were we once more but sixteen Precious would be Halloween Pixie kobold elf and sprite All are on their rounds to-night In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-skelter play "Adapted from JK Bangs ' poem *A Halloween*"