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PHANTASMAGORIA.
He said "A flutter of alarm
Is not unnatural, is it?
I really feared you meant some harm,
But now I see that you are calm,
Let me explain my visit.
"The last ghost left you on the third—
Since then you've not been haunted:
But, as he never sent us word,
'Twas quite by accident we heard
That any one was wanted.
"A Spectre has first choice, by right,
In filling up a vacancy;
Then Phantom, Goblin, Elf, and Sprite—
If all these fail them, they invite
The nicest Ghoul that they can see.
