Rhyme? and reason? . If you address a Ghost as Thing ! Or strike him with a hatchet,He is permitted by the KingTo drop all formal parleying— And then vou re sure to catch it ! l6 PHANTASMAGORIA. The Fourth prohibits trespassing Where other Ghosts are quartered :And those convicted of the thing(Unless when pardoned by the King)Must instantly be slaughtered. That simply means be cut up small: Ghosts soon unite anew:The process scarcely hurts at all—Not more than when you re what you call Cut up by a Review. The Fifth is one you may preferThat I should quote entire :— The King must be addressed a
Rhyme? and reason? . If you address a Ghost as Thing ! Or strike him with a hatchet,He is permitted by the KingTo drop all formal parleying— And then vou re sure to catch it ! l6 PHANTASMAGORIA. The Fourth prohibits trespassing Where other Ghosts are quartered :And those convicted of the thing(Unless when pardoned by the King)Must instantly be slaughtered. That simply means be cut up small: Ghosts soon unite anew:The process scarcely hurts at all—Not more than when you re what you call Cut up by a Review. The Fifth is one you may preferThat I should quote entire :— The King must be addressed as Sir. This, from a simple courtier,Is all the Laws require: But, should you wish to do the thingWith out-and-out politeness, Accost him as My Goblin King!1 A?id always use, in answering, The phrase Your Royal JVhiteuess / HYS FYVE RULES. 17 I m getting rather hoarse, I fear, After so much reciting :So, if you dont object, my dear,Well try a glass of bitter beer—I think it looks u CANTO III. Jccatmogcs. And did you really walk, said I,On such a wretched night? I always fancied Ghosts could fly— If not exactly in the sky,Yet at a fairish height. Its very well, said he, for Kings To soar above the earth :But Phantoms often find that wings—Like many other pleasant things—Cost more than they are worth. Spectres of course are rich, and so Can buy them from the Elves :But we prefer to keep below—Theyre stupid company, you any but themselves; SCARMOGES. 19
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