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THE MOCKING-BIRD, by                    
First Line: The name thou wearest does thee grievous wrong
Last Line: The birds, but notes of thine imperial own!


THE name thou wearest does thee grievous wrong.
No mimic thou! That voice is thine alone!
The poets sing but strains of Shakespeare's song;
The birds, but notes of thine imperial own!





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