Strophe

 1   1|     half-a-crown for it, you'd think yourself ill-used,
 2   1|    It is.'' ~"I -- I think I'd rather not,'' said Scrooge. <
 3   3|    with officious zeal. ~"We'd a deal of work to finish
 4   3|     I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind
 5   3|    feast upon, and I hope he'd have a good appetite for
 6   4|     snuff-box. "I thought he'd never die.'' ~"God knows,''
 7   4| lifetime? If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look
 8   4|  made it an open question, I'd repent of being so liberal
 9   4|   fond of his company that I'd loiter about him for such
10   4|     and a fine one too. They'd have wasted it, if it hadn'
11   5|  Never mind. I don't care. I'd rather be a baby. Hallo!