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PHANTASMAGORIA.
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Quoth he "That's regular clap-trap—
Don't bluster any more.
Now do be cool and take a nap!
You're such a peppery old chap
As never was before!
"You're like a man I used to meet,
Who got one day so furious
In arguing, the simple heat
Scorched both his slippers off his feet!"
I said "That's very curious!"
"Well, it is curious, I agree,
And sounds perhaps like fibs:
But still it's true as true can be—
As sure as your name's Tibbs," said he.
I said "My name's not Tibbs."
