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PHANTASMAGORIA.
33
"Long bills soon quenched the little thirst
I had for being funny—
The setting-up is always worst:
Such heaps of things you want at first,
One must be made of money!
"For instance, take a haunted tower,
With skull, cross-bones, and sheet;
Blue lights to burn (say) two an hour,
Condensing lens of extra power,
And set of chains, complete:
"What with the things you have to hire—
The fitting on the robe—
And testing all the coloured fire—
The outfit of itself would tire
The patience of a Job!
