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EPIGRAMMATICAL.
Sir Criticus just made a caustic hit,Though Criticus has not a whit of wit.
“These are my ‘Bells,’” said I. The critic took
The volume with a condescending look,
And ran his fingers o'er it here and there,
As school-boys o'er a rainbow colored map;
“The Bells,” quoth he; then grappling with a thought,
“Now, by the gods! Sir, you should have a ‘cap’
You may believe, Sir, what your critic tells,
You long have merited ‘a cap and bells!’”
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