Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
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But having none, they did in draw
---- ---- ---- But in the night there was such worke, The spirit swaggered like a Turke; The bitch had spi'd where it did lurke, And howled In such a wofull manner that Their very hearts went pit a pat; * * * * * ---- ---- ---- The stately rooms, where kings once lay But the contractors show'd the way. But mark what now I tell you, pray, 'Tis worth it. That book I told you of before, Wherein were tenants written store, A register for many more Not forth yet, That very book, as it did lie, Took of a flame, no mortall eye Seeing one jot of fire thereby, Or taper; For all the candles about flew, And those that burned, burned blew, |
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