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In Contumaciam

by Ambrose Bierce

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Och! Father McGlynn, Ye appear to be in Fer a bit of a bout wid the Pope; An’ there’s devil a doubt But he’s knockin’ ye out While ye’re hangin’ onto the rope.
An’ soon ye’ll lave home To thravel to Rome, For its bound to Canossa ye are. Persistin’ to shtay When ye’re ordered away⁠— Bedad! that is goin’ too far!

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