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XLII. GHOSTS.
Ghosts often come to my window,
And knock at my chamber door,
They sit by my side at dinner,
Or walk with me on the shore.
I know their villainous faces,
As they giggle, and sneer, and jar;
They will not be gone, so I'll count them,
And tell them what they are!
And knock at my chamber door,
They sit by my side at dinner,
Or walk with me on the shore.
I know their villainous faces,
As they giggle, and sneer, and jar;
They will not be gone, so I'll count them,
And tell them what they are!
Ghosts of ambition buried,
Ghosts of a love grown cold,
Ghosts of a fortune squandered,
Ghosts of a tale that's told,
Ghosts of a traitorous friendship,
And of follies nine times nine!
Come, wizard, come and lay them
In the deep Red Sea of wine;
Or, if wine be out of fashion,
Bury them in the brine!
Ghosts of a love grown cold,
Ghosts of a fortune squandered,
Ghosts of a tale that's told,
Ghosts of a traitorous friendship,
And of follies nine times nine!
Come, wizard, come and lay them
In the deep Red Sea of wine;
Or, if wine be out of fashion,
Bury them in the brine!
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