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ONE winter night at half past nine	A
Cold tired and cross and muddy	B
I had come home too late to dine	A
And supper with cigars and wine	A
Was waiting in the study	B
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There was a strangeness in the room	C
And Something white and wavy	B
Was standing near me in the gloom	C
I took it for the carpet broom	C
Left by that careless slavey	B
	-
But presently the Thing began	D
To shiver and to sneeze	E
On which I said Come come my man	D
That's a most inconsiderate plan	D
Less noise there if you please	E
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I've caught a cold the Thing replies	F
Out there upon the landing	G
I turned to look in some surprise	F
And there before my very eyes	F
A little Ghost was standing	G
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He trembled when he caught my eye	H
And got behind a chair	I
How came you here I said and why	H
I never saw a thing so shy	H
Come out Don't shiver there	I
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He said I'd gladly tell you how	J
And also tell you why	H
But here he gave a little bow	J
You're in so bad a temper now	J
You'd think it all a lie	H
	-
And as to being in a fright	K
Allow me to remark	L
That Ghosts have just as good a right	K
In every way to fear the light	K
As Men to fear the dark	L
	-
No plea said I can well excuse	M
Such cowardice in you	N
For Ghosts can visit when they choose	O
Whereas we Humans ca'n't refuse	O
To grant the interview	N
	-
He said A flutter of alarm	P
Is not unnatural is it	Q
I really feared you meant some harm	P
But now I see that you are calm	R
Let me explain my visit	S
	-
Houses are classed I beg to state	T
According to the number	U
Of Ghosts that they accommodate	T
The Tenant merely counts as WEIGHT	T
With Coals and other lumber	U
	-
This is a 'one ghost' house and you	N
When you arrived last summer	U
May have remarked a Spectre who	N
Was doing all that Ghosts can do	N
To welcome the new comer	U
	-
In Villas this is always done	V
However cheaply rented	W
For though of course there's less of fun	V
When there is only room for one	V
Ghosts have to be contented	W
	-
That Spectre left you on the Third	X
Since then you've not been haunted	W
For as he never sent us word	X
'Twas quite by accident we heard	X
That any one was wanted	W
	-
A Spectre has first choice by right	K
In filling up a vacancy	B
Then Phantom Goblin Elf and Sprite	K
If all these fail them they invite	K
The nicest Ghoul that they can see	B
	-
The Spectres said the place was low	Y
And that you kept bad wine	A
So as a Phantom had to go	Y
And I was first of course you know	Y
I couldn't well decline	A
	-
No doubt said I they settled who	N
Was fittest to be sent	Z
Yet still to choose a brat like you	N
To haunt a man of forty two	N
Was no great compliment	Z
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I'm not so young Sir he replied	A2
As you might think The fact is	B2
In caverns by the water side	A2
And other places that I've tried	A2
I've had a lot of practice	C2
	-
But I have never taken yet	D2
A strict domestic part	E2
And in my flurry I forget	D2
The Five Good Rules of Etiquette	S
We have to know by heart	E2
	-
My sympathies were warming fast	F2
Towards the little fellow	Y
He was so utterly aghast	F2
At having found a Man at last	F2
And looked so scared and yellow	Y
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At least I said I'm glad to find	G2
A Ghost is not a DUMB thing	G
But pray sit down you'll feel inclined	G2
If like myself you have not dined	G2
To take a snack of something	G
	-
Though certainly you don't appear	H2
A thing to offer FOOD to	N
And then I shall be glad to hear	I2
If you will say them loud and clear	H2
The Rules that you allude to	N
	-
Thanks You shall hear them by and by	H
This IS a piece of luck	J2
What may I offer you said I	H
Well since you ARE so kind I'll try	H
A little bit of duck	J2
	-
ONE slice And may I ask you for	K2
Another drop of gravy	B
I sat and looked at him in awe	L2
For certainly I never saw	M2
A thing so white and wavy	B
	-
And still he seemed to grow more white	K
More vapoury and wavier	K2
Seen in the dim and flickering light	K
As he proceeded to recite	K
His Maxims of Behaviour	K2

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