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"The wind-flower and the violet, they perished long ago,

And the wild rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow:
But on the hill the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood,
And the yellow sun-flower by the brook in autumn beauty stood,
Till fell the frost from the cold clear heaven, as falls the plague on men,

And the brightness of their smile was gone from upland, glade, and glen."

Bryant: Death of the Flowers.

In the same state as those who are dead, are those who have never lived, dwelling right in the world, but invisible to most mortals at most times. Seers could see them at any time, and if very many were abroad at once others might get a chance to watch them too.

"There is a world in which we dwell,

And yet a world invisible.
And do not think that naught can be
Save only what with eyes ye see:
I tell ye that, this very hour.
Had but your sight a spirit's power.
Ye would be looking, eye to eye.

At a terrific company."

Coxe: Hallowe'en.