Riul Doamnei - A Christmas Carol
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Cold wind had blown
And howled through the doors
From the north had driven storm
Fear had taken form of a guest
From shadow born, pale as snow
And Marley's words had turned

"I wear the chain I forged in life
I made it link by link and yard by yard
Expect the first tomorrow when the bell tolls one
Because you will be haunted by three Spirits"

- How can I have slept through
A whole day and far into another night? -

The quarter was so long
The hour itself and nothing else
And the curtains of his bed
Were drawn aside by a hand

Of a strange figure dressed in purest white
Breaking out from light, half old half child

"I am the Ghost of Christmas Past
Your past, rise and walk with me"

The darkness and the mist had vanished
It was a clear, cold, winter day

- Good heaven, I was bred in this place! -
"These are but shadows
Of the things that have been"

The school was not quite deserted
A solitary child neglected by his friends
Was left there still

And Scrooge sat down upon a form and wept to see
His poor forgotten self as he used to be
And the visit of his little sister, Fan
Always a delicate creature
Whom a breath might have withered
But she died a woman

"Let us see another Christmas"

And it was Christmas time again
It was made plain enough by the dressing of the shops
But it was evening and the streets were lighted up
The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door
- I was apprenticed here -

Waltz of the Apprentice

A ball room as you would desire to see upon a winter's night
In came a fiddler with a music-book, in came Mrs Fezziwig
In came the three Miss Fezziwigs, beaming and lovable
In came the six young followers whose hearts they broke

There were more dances and there were forfeits
And more dances and there was cake
And there was negus, and there was a great piece
Of cold roast beef and there was a great piece of cold boiled
And there were mince-pies and plenty of beer
The fire and a mistletoe wreath and there were red candles
Wine, cheers, laughings, happiness

Once upon Loss, Regret and Broken Promise

He was older now
And his face had begun to wear
The signs of care and avarice
He was not alone
But sat by the side of a fair
Young girl in mourning dress
In whose eyes there were tears

"It matters little
To you, very little
You fear the world too much
Another idol has displaced me, a golden one
I have seen your nobler aspirations
Fall off one by one
And I release you with a full heart
For the love of him you once were"

She left him and they parted
- Show me no more! Conduct me home!
Why do you delight to torture me? No more! -
"One shadow more", exclaimed the Ghost

"And now see the family that you have never had"

A daughter was standing near the fire with her mother
And children asking for Christmas presents
When the husband suddenly said:

"I saw an old friend of yours this afternoon
Mr. Scrooge it was, I passed his office window
And he had a candle inside
His partner lies upon the point of death
And there he sat alone, quite alone in the world
I do believe"

- Leave me
Take me back
Haunt me no longer -

STAVE 3:
The Second of the Three Spirits, The Serpentine Crowned

Serpent, it creeps to man asleep
Without any warmth, without any sound
Man, he sleeps where serpent awaits
Without any awareness, without any care

Sitting up in bed to get his thoughts together
Scrooge had no occasion to be told
That the bell was again upon the stroke of one
Now being prepared for almost anything

He turned uncomfortably cold
When he began to wonder
Which of his curtains
This new spectre
Would draw back
He put them every one
Aside w