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THIS is an Os-trich. See him stand: / His head is bur-ied in the sand.
It is not that he seeks for food, / Nor is he shy, nor is he rude; / But he is sen-si-tive, and shrinks / And hides his head when-e'er he thinks / How, on the Gains-bor-ough hat some day / Of some fine la-dy at the play, / His fea-thers may ob-struct the view / Of all the stage from me or you.