Strophe

 1   1|        chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a
 2   1|        Scrooge never painted out Old Marley's name. There it
 3   1|    scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as
 4   1|        cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed
 5   1|        year, on Christmas Eve -- old Scrooge sat busy in his
 6   1|         of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping
 7   1|        the way out again. It was old enough now, and dreary enough,
 8   1|          so hung about the black old gateway of the house, that
 9   1|          coach-and-six up a good old flight of stairs, or through
10   1|      wall. Lumber-room as usual. Old fire-guard, old shoes, two
11   1|        as usual. Old fire-guard, old shoes, two fish-baskets,
12   1|       fuel. The fireplace was an old one, built by some Dutch
13   1|        would have been a copy of old Marley's head on every one. ~"
14   1|           he said, imploringly. "Old Jacob Marley, tell me more.
15   1|          quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waistcoat,
16   2|          like a child as like an old man, viewed through some
17   2|    appeared still present to the old man's sense of feeling.
18   2| exclaimed in ecstasy. "It's dear old honest Ali Baba! Yes, yes,
19   2|          sister into the veriest old well of a shivering best-parlour
20   2|          went in. At sight of an old gentleman in a Welch wig,
21   2|          excitement: ~"Why, it's old Fezziwig! Bless his heart;
22   2|         Fezziwig alive again!'' ~Old Fezziwig laid down his pen,
23   2|         the shutters up,'' cried old Fezziwig, with a sharp clap
24   2| race-horses. ~"Hilli-ho!'' cried old Fezziwig, skipping down
25   2|          have cleared away, with old Fezziwig looking on. It
26   2|        of affectionate grouping; old top couple always turning
27   2|        result was brought about, old Fezziwig, clapping his hands
28   2|        Roger de Coverley.'' Then old Fezziwig stood out to dance
29   2|         as many: ah, four times: old Fezziwig would have been
30   2|     become of 'em next. And when old Fezziwig and Mrs. Fezziwig
31   2|               Our contract is an old one. It was made when we
32   2|          with a smile, "I saw an old friend of yours this afternoon.'' ~"
33   3|          the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen, lolling at the
34   3|         round a glowing fire. An old, old man and woman, with
35   3|          a glowing fire. An old, old man and woman, with their
36   3|        their holiday attire. The old man, in a voice that seldom
37   3|        song : it had been a very old song when he was a boy;
38   3|         raised their voices, the old man got quite blithe and
39   3|         as the figure-head of an old ship might be: struck up
40   3|   satisfactory! ~"He's a comical old fellow,'' said Scrooge's
41   3|   thoughts, either in his mouldy old office, or his dusty chambers.
42   3|          people there, young and old, but they all played, and
43   3|          a Happy New Year to the old man, whatever he is!'' said
44   3|     remembered the prediction of old Jacob Marley, and lifting
45   4|         Well!'' said the first. "Old Scratch has got his own
46   4|          the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was Past,
47   4|     pent-house roof, where iron, old rags, bottles, bones, and
48   4|          charcoal stove, made of old bricks, was a grey-haired
49   4|       astonishment, in which the old man with the pipe had joined
50   4|         be the third. Look here, old Joe, here's a chance! If
51   4|        in a better place,'' said old Joe, removing his pipe from
52   4|         I'm sure there's no such old bones here, as mine. Ha,
53   4|          the screen of rags. The old man raked the fire together
54   4|        the fire together with an old stair-rod, and having trimmed
55   4|      after he was dead, a wicked old screw,'' pursued the woman, "
56   4|          else. Open that bundle, old Joe, and let me know the
57   4|        examined and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums
58   4|        way I ruin myself,'' said old Joe. "That's your account.
59   4|       thing catching? Eh?'' said old Joe, stopping in his work,
60   4|      call wasting of it?'' asked old Joe. ~"Putting it on him
61   4|     scanty light afforded by the old man's lamp, he viewed them
62   4|     laughed the same woman, when old Joe, producing a flannel
63   5|      this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob; on my knees!'' ~He
64   5|          heart to think how this old gentleman would look upon
65   5|         his pace, and taking the old gentleman by both his hands. "
66   5|              I will!'' cried the old gentleman. And it was clear
67   5|          good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other
68   5|          knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough,
69   5|          or borough, in the good old world. Some people laughed