"O Riddle Me Ree O eee O eeeee,"Whirring on to Eternity,Louder and louder and dimmer and dim,The creak in the center spread to the rimLike the sound of a goblet rubbed on the brim,"O Riddle Me Ree O eee O eeeeeee"—
"O Riddle Me Ree O eee O eeeee,You who would know your fate, hear me.Put in your hand in the fateful vaseThe while your pattern of life I traceInto the web of my wonderful lace,O Riddle Me Ree O eee O eeeee."
As her hand went into the fateful vase,Oh, the look that came in that Ladye's face!Crash! Went the sound of the Dooms-Day bell.The lightnings flashed! O Hell! O Hell!
"O Riddle Me Ree O eee O eeeee—You who would fool with destinie,I have you fast in the fateful vase;
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