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LAMII'S APOLOGY FOR HIS NONSENSE by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN

First Line: I WAS PARROT, MUTE, AND HAPPY, TILL
Last Line: THE MELANCHOLY WIT THEY TAUGHT ME

I was a parrot mute and happy, till
Once on a time,
The fowlers pierced the wood and caught me.
Then blame me not; for I but echo still
In wayward rhyme
The melancholy wit they taught me.




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