Chapter 70

71.

71.

Lightly tread—’tis holy ground:Countless dead hark, hark around;Angel guards their watches keep,While frail mortals sink to sleep:And the moon, with feeble rays,Gilds the stream that bubbling plays,And murmurs, as soft it flows,Music meet for lovers’ woes.

Lightly tread—’tis holy ground:Countless dead hark, hark around;Angel guards their watches keep,While frail mortals sink to sleep:And the moon, with feeble rays,Gilds the stream that bubbling plays,And murmurs, as soft it flows,Music meet for lovers’ woes.

Lightly tread—’tis holy ground:

Countless dead hark, hark around;

Angel guards their watches keep,

While frail mortals sink to sleep:

And the moon, with feeble rays,

Gilds the stream that bubbling plays,

And murmurs, as soft it flows,

Music meet for lovers’ woes.

72. Eye.

73. Canister.

74. Forte tu, atrox tenes, forti Sexto Fortinato.

75. The forceps pinches, the awl punches.

76.

At the peaceful midnight hour,Every sense and every powerChainéd lies in downy sleep;Then our careful watch we keep,While the wolf, in nightly prowl,Bays the moon with hideous howl;Closed are bars, a vain resistance;Shrieks are raised, but no assistance;Silence! or you’ll meet your fate;Your keys, jewels, money, plate.Locks, bolts, and bars soon fly asunder,Then to rifle, rob, and plunder.

At the peaceful midnight hour,Every sense and every powerChainéd lies in downy sleep;Then our careful watch we keep,While the wolf, in nightly prowl,Bays the moon with hideous howl;Closed are bars, a vain resistance;Shrieks are raised, but no assistance;Silence! or you’ll meet your fate;Your keys, jewels, money, plate.Locks, bolts, and bars soon fly asunder,Then to rifle, rob, and plunder.

At the peaceful midnight hour,

Every sense and every power

Chainéd lies in downy sleep;

Then our careful watch we keep,

While the wolf, in nightly prowl,

Bays the moon with hideous howl;

Closed are bars, a vain resistance;

Shrieks are raised, but no assistance;

Silence! or you’ll meet your fate;

Your keys, jewels, money, plate.

Locks, bolts, and bars soon fly asunder,

Then to rifle, rob, and plunder.

77. Ad-here.—In-here.—Co-here.

78. Because only thebony partis left.

79. He is known by his axe (acts).

80. XII., that is, a cross two i’s (across two eyes).

81. Because he kneads (needs) it most.

82. The letter R.

83.

The coward skulking round a house,Is like a mouse-trap as you see,For that willpuzzle any mouse,Andpusillanimousis he.

The coward skulking round a house,Is like a mouse-trap as you see,For that willpuzzle any mouse,Andpusillanimousis he.

The coward skulking round a house,

Is like a mouse-trap as you see,

For that willpuzzle any mouse,

Andpusillanimousis he.

84. Green grass is like a mouse, because the cattle eat it (cat’ll eat it).

85.

It is not aloud (allowed).Private earing (privateering) is unlawful.

It is not aloud (allowed).Private earing (privateering) is unlawful.

It is not aloud (allowed).

Private earing (privateering) is unlawful.

86. Salt-cellar.

87. Because it is not currant (current).


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