Strophe

 1   2|       stopped. Twelve! It was past two when he went to bed.
 2   2|      awake until the hour was past; and, considering that he
 3   2|     Ding, dong!'' ~"A quarter past,'' said Scrooge, counting. ~"
 4   2|          Ding, dong!'' ~"Half past!'' said Scrooge. ~"Ding,
 5   2|     am the Ghost of Christmas Past.'' ~"Long past?'' inquired
 6   2|      Christmas Past.'' ~"Long past?'' inquired Scrooge: observant
 7   2|  dwarfish stature. ~"No. Your past.'' ~Perhaps, Scrooge could
 8   2|    heart leap up as they went past! Why was he filled with
 9   2|     of the Ghost of Christmas Past. ~"It matters little,''
10   2|         the memory of what is past half makes me hope you will --
11   3|     by the Ghost of Christmas Past. When this strain of music
12   3|     and her rapid flutterings past him, he got her into a corner
13   3|    ringing the three quarters past eleven at that moment. ~"
14   4|     old partner, for that was Past, and this Ghost's province
15   4| amazed, "there is. Nothing is past hope, if such a miracle
16   4|       has happened.'' ~"He is past relenting,'' said her husband. "
17   4|    must be near his time.'' ~"Past it rather,'' Peter answered,
18   4|     Why show me this, if I am past all hope?'' ~For the first
19   4|      year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.
20   5|      in! ~"I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!''
21   5|       nine. No Bob. A quarter past. No Bob. He was full eighteen