"I like 
The Shrike, 
Because, with a thorn for a guillotine, 
He does his work so well and clean, 
A critic keen 
A practical bird, 
Whose common sense 
Must be immense, 
For, tell me, Who has ever heard 
Of such a thing 
As a loggerhead Shrike that tried to sing?" 
Thompson. 
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