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THE CRIME

Birds of a Feather, or Trial by Fury.

See the losers all deflant, Wear a self-defending smile!"

The judge: (To the defendant) "My object all sublime

I shall achieve in time--To let the punishment fit the Crime--The punishment fit the Crime.

And so, for all its lies,

Which no one can despise,

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The author must never apologize

Must never apologize.

(To the plaintiff)

"This prosy periodical sinner,

A chatter, a bleat, and a bore,

Shall be sent to get lessons

From the Smiths and the Wessons

At the end of a large forty-four.

This ostrich-like ibis, whose local villainies

Its trusty censors banned,

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