Phantasmagoria Canto Ii ( Hys Fyve Rules ) Poem Rhyme Scheme

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MY First but don't suppose he said	A
I'm setting you a riddle	B
Is if your Victim be in bed	A
Don't touch the curtains at his head	A
But take them in the middle	B
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And wave them slowly in and out	C
While drawing them asunder	D
And in a minute's time no doubt	C
He'll raise his head and look about	C
With eyes of wrath and wonder	D
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And here you must on no pretence	E
Make the first observation	F
Wait for the Victim to commence	E
No Ghost of any common sense	E
Begins a conversation	F
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If he should say 'HOW CAME YOU HERE '	-
The way that YOU began Sir	D
In such a case your course is clear	G
'ON THE BAT'S BACK MY LITTLE DEAR '	-
Is the appropriate answer	D
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If after this he says no more	H
You'd best perhaps curtail your	H
Exertions go and shake the door	H
And then if he begins to snore	H
You'll know the thing's a failure	D
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By day if he should be alone	I
At home or on a walk	J
You merely give a hollow groan	I
To indicate the kind of tone	I
In which you mean to talk	J
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But if you find him with his friends	E
The thing is rather harder	D
In such a case success depends	E
On picking up some candle ends	E
Or butter in the larder	D
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With this you make a kind of slide	K
It answers best with suet	K
On which you must contrive to glide	K
And swing yourself from side to side	K
One soon learns how to do it	K
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The Second tells us what is right	K
In ceremonious calls	E
'FIRST BURN A BLUE OR CRIMSON LIGHT'	K
A thing I quite forgot to night	K
'THEN SCRATCH THE DOOR OR WALLS '	-
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I said You'll visit HERE no more	H
If you attempt the Guy	L
I'll have no bonfires on MY floor	H
And as for scratching at the door	H
I'd like to see you try	L
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The Third was written to protect	K
The interests of the Victim	M
And tells us as I recollect	K
TO TREAT HIM WITH A GRAVE RESPECT	K
AND NOT TO CONTRADICT HIM	N
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That's plain said I as Tare and Tret	K
To any comprehension	F
I only wish SOME Ghosts I've met	K
Would not so CONSTANTLY forget	K
The maxim that you mention	F
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Perhaps he said YOU first transgressed	K
The laws of hospitality	K
All Ghosts instinctively detest	K
The Man that fails to treat his guest	K
With proper cordiality	K
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If you address a Ghost as 'Thing '	-
Or strike him with a hatchet	K
He is permitted by the King	O
To drop all FORMAL parleying	O
And then you're SURE to catch it	K
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The Fourth prohibits trespassing	O
Where other Ghosts are quartered	K
And those convicted of the thing	O
Unless when pardoned by the King	O
Must instantly be slaughtered	K
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That simply means 'be cut up small'	B
Ghosts soon unite anew	P
The process scarcely hurts at all	B
Not more than when YOU're what you call	B
'Cut up' by a Review	P
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The Fifth is one you may prefer	D
That I should quote entire	D
THE KING MUST BE ADDRESSED AS 'SIR '	-
THIS FROM A SIMPLE COURTIER	D
IS ALL THE LAWS REQUIRE	D
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BUT SHOULD YOU WISH TO DO THE THING	O
WITH OUT AND OUT POLITENESS	E
ACCOST HIM AS 'MY GOBLIN KING	O
AND ALWAYS USE IN ANSWERING	O
THE PHRASE 'YOUR ROYAL WHITENESS '	-
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I'm getting rather hoarse I fear	G
After so much reciting	O
So if you don't object my dear	G
We'll try a glass of bitter beer	G
I think it looks inviting	O

Lewis Carroll

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