Thomas Ingoldsby
"Twas now the very witching time of night,When churchyards groan, and graves give up their dead,And many a mischievous, enfranchised sprite Had long since burst his bonds of stone or lead,And hurried off, with schoolboy-like delight,To play his pranks near some poor wretch's bed,Sleeping, perhaps serenely as a porpoise,Nor dreaming of this fiendish Habeas Corpus."
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"Twas now the very witching time of night,When churchyards groan, and graves give up their dead,And many a mischievous, enfranchised sprite Had long since burst his bonds of stone or lead,And hurried off, with schoolboy-like delight,To play his pranks near some poor wretch's bed,Sleeping, perhaps serenely as a porpoise,Nor dreaming of this fiendish Habeas Corpus."
"لقد حان الآن وقت السحر من الليل، حين تئنّ ساحات الكنائس، وتُسلِم القبور موتاها، وحين يكون العديد من الأرواح الشريرة المتحررة قد فكّ قيوده الحجرية أو الرصاصية منذ زمن بعيد، ومضى مسرعًا، ببهجة صبيٍّ مدرسيّ، ليلعب مقالبه قرب فراش مسكين بائس، نائمًا، ربما بهدوء كخنزير البحر، ولا يحلم بهذا الأمر الشيطانيّ الذي يخرجه من قبره."
Thomas Ingoldsby
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