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POEMS.
   Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
   Spink, spank, spink;
Look, what a nice new coat is mine,
Sure there was never a bird so fine.
       Chee, chee, chee.

Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife,
 Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings,
Passing at home a patient life,
 Broods in the grass while her husband sings:
   Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,
   Spink, spank, spink;
Brood, kind creature; you need not fear
Thieves and robbers while I am here.
       Chee, chee, chee.

Modest and shy as a nun is she;
 One weak chirp is her only note.
Braggart and prince of braggarts is he,
 Pouring boasts from his little throat:

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