FILK: To My Inner Eye, Said I

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 98914

To My Inner Eye, Said I

To the tune of When I Went to the Bar (aka Said I to Myself, Said I), 
from Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe.

Dedicated to Sylvia Blundell

THE SCENE: Divination Class. PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY reflects back to the 
onset of her teaching career

TRELAWNEY:
When I went to Hogwarts as a teacher brand new
To my Inner Eye, said I
I'll teach Divination without grand ado
To my Inner Eye, said I
I will not go in for cheap beads and incense 
Or fill up my classroom with perfumes too dense
And breakable teacups I will not dispense
To my Inner Eye, said I

My lighting will never be gloomy or dim
To my Inner Eye, said I
I'll never scare students with thestrals or Grims
To my Inner Eye, said I
Clairvoyant theatrics I'll always avoid
For students are apt to become quite annoyed 
If I keep predicting that they'll be destroyed
To my Inner Eye, said I

Professional friendships I'll strongly promote
To my Inner Eye, said I
I'll never act mystic or strange and remote
To my Inner Eye, said I
When dining with colleagues, you'll not see me preen
Or discomfit them by creating a scene
Should our table by some happenstance seat thirteen
To my Inner Eye, said I

With learning and knowledge our teachers are armed
To my Inner Eye, said I
In Potions, Defenses, and Runes and in Charms
To my Inner Eye, said I
Their goals and their methods are clear and precise
And the Prophetic Arts should accept their advice
For mere smoke and mirrors no longer suffice
To my Inner Eye, said I

    -	CMC

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