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PLATE IX.
The great magician sat withinA chamber filled with fearful sights;
O'er many a scull with ghastly grin,
Played fitfully the strange blue lights;
Misshapen monsters lined the wall,
A toad upon his chair did crawl,
And many a dark and mystic scrawl
Was scattered round the room;
Puss trembled by the half-shut door,
Scarce seen amid the gloom,
Then entered, bowing to the floor,
And said, “A man of science, sir,
At learning's shrine a worshipper,
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Attracted by your wondrous fame.”
Like all the world, by praise beguiled,
The great magician bowed and smiled.
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