For the record, my post-hoc best attempt at solving my own puzzle was:
If from this room you would be free,
I must be written as shall see
And thus shall be for ever more
The poem to unlock the door.
So I'm wondering if I put a "shall" where there should've been a "you", because other than the second line's "shall" the above looks pretty good.
Anyway, let's get on with the puzzles:
THE PIT COURTYARD (3 points)Somehow, you get out of the poet's room... you come to a courtyard, with overhanging roofs with tiles and rain guttering (at the crest of the sloping roof there's just more of the building wall which stretches way up, so you can't escape that way). In the centre of the next yard there is a deep, deep pit. It has sides, much like a well, and is about two metres across, but it's dry and with no holes noticeable anywhere. A range of items are sat on a wooden table at the side of the courtyard.
These include:
> A jar of rollmops
> A lodestone
> A big block of polystyrene
> Tubes of crimson paint, toothpaste, and superglue
> A short length of wooden tubing, thin and around 70cm long.
Finally there's a tap at the side of the room. It's marked "DANGEROUS TOXIC LIQUID. NON-CORROSIVE. KILLS ON CONTACT."
And where's the door key to get out of this one? You guessed it, it's in the pit. Good luck!