Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850. Various

death—which is the object of the speaker's contemplation. Now with regard to the meaning of the term delighted, L.B.L. says it is applied to the spirit "not in its state after death, but during life." I must quote the lines once more:—

      "Ay, but to die, and go we know not where;

      To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot;

      This sensible warm motion to become