Classic Poem

I.

Spirits of distress, of ev'ry occupation,
Persuasion, mode, complexion, temper, climate, in clination,
Come here! come here!

Spirit of a friar, obliged to go to mass,
Spirit of a sailor who leaves his pretty lass,
Spirit of a drunkard depriv'd of his glass,
Appear! appear!

II.

Spirit of a virgin, old and antiquated,
Who forty long winters has sigh'd out unmated,
Come here! come here!

Spirit of a quaker, deceived in pretty Ruth,
Spirit of an old man, who apes the tricks of youth,
Spirit of an hypocrite obliged to speak the truth,
Appear! appear!

III.

Spirit of a Briton, just arriv'd gay France in,
Who 'stead of beef and fighting, meets with nought but frogs and dancing,
Come here! come here!

Spirit of an alderman, the dinner thrown down,
Spirit of a lover who has just received a frown,
Spirit of a beauty disappointed of her gown,
Appear! appear!