AT'S this?" I pondered. "Have I slept?
Or can I have been drinking?"But soon a gentler feeling
Upon me, and I sat and
An hour or so, like winking. "No need for Bones to hurry so!"I sobbed. "In fact,
I
If it was worth his while to go -And who is Tibbs,
I'd like to know,
To make such work about? "If Tibbs is anything like me,
It's
LE," I said,"He won't be over-pleased to
Dropped in upon at half-past three,
After he's snug in bed. "And if Bones plagues him anyhow -Squeaking and all the rest of it,
As he was doing here just now -I prophesy there'll be a row,
And Tibbs will have the best of it!" Then, as my tears could never
The friendly Phantom back,
It seemed to me the proper
To mix another glass, and
The following Coronach.
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MY
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ST,
LL,
LL,
MY
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ND
ST,
MY
UM
ND
RS!
HE
ES OF
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TS OF
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EN thou,
MY
ER,
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AY
LD
CK,
OR
ER,
ET ME
AY,
LD
ED!' Instead of singing Verse the Third,
I ceased - abruptly, rather:
But, after such a splendid wordI felt that it would be
To try it any farther.
So with a yawn I went my
To seek the welcome downy,
And slept, and dreamed till break of
Of Poltergeist and Fetch and
And Leprechaun and Brownie!
For year I've not been
By any kind of Sprite;
Yet still they echo in my head,
Those parting words, so kindly said,"Old Turnip-top, good-night!"Canto 6
Canto 1
