Rhyme? and reason? . If you address a Ghost as Thing ! Or strike him witli a hatchet,He is permitted by the KingTo drop all formal parleying— And then you re sure to catch it l6 PHANTASMAGORIA. The Fourth proliibifs trespassing Where other Ghosts are quartered :And those convicted of the thing(Uiiless when pardoned by the King)Must instantly be slaughtered. Tliat simply means be cut up small: Ghosts soon unite anew :Tlie process scarcely hurts at all—Not more than when you re what you call Gilt up by a Review. The Fifth is one you may preferThat I should quote entire:— The King must be address
Rhyme? and reason? . If you address a Ghost as Thing ! Or strike him witli a hatchet,He is permitted by the KingTo drop all formal parleying— And then you re sure to catch it l6 PHANTASMAGORIA. The Fourth proliibifs trespassing Where other Ghosts are quartered :And those convicted of the thing(Uiiless when pardoned by the King)Must instantly be slaughtered. Tliat simply means be cut up small: Ghosts soon unite anew :Tlie process scarcely hurts at all—Not more than when you re what you call Gilt up by a Review. The Fifth is one you may preferThat I should quote entire:— The King must be addressed as Sir T/iis, from a simple all the Laivs require: But, should you wish to do the thing With out-and-out politeness,Accost liim as My Goblin King IAnd at^Liays tise, in answeripig, The phrase Your Royal Whiteness I HYS FYVE RULES. I m getting rather hoarse, I fear, After so much reciting :So, if you dont object, my dear,We 11 try a glass of bitter beer—•I think it looks CANTO III. 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 7ve prefer to keep below—Theyre stupid company, you know,For anv but tliemselves: SCARMOGES. 19
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