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THE DOMINEERING EAGLE

AND

THE INVENTIVE BRATLING

O'er a small suburban borough Once an eagle used to fly, Making observations thorough From his station in the sky, And presenting the appearance Of an animated V, Like the gulls that lend coherence Unto paintings of the sea.
Looking downward at a church in This attractive little shire, He beheld a smallish urchin Shooting arrows at the spire;

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