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ODE TO A PASSION by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: HE SLANDERED ME; AND I 'WITH EYES OF FIRE'
Last Line: "THEN,"" SAID I, ""THUS DO I APOLLO-GIZE."

He slandered me; and I "with eyes of fire,"
Like Collins' Anger, rose and struck the liar.
"You do me wrong," he muttered with surprise.
"Then," said I, "thus do I Apollo-gize."



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