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"Let John P. Irish rise!" the edict rang / As when Creation into being sprang! / Nature, not clearly understanding, tried / To make a bird that on the air could ride.
But naught could baffle the creative plan -- / Despite her efforts 'twas almost a man.
Yet he had risen -- to the bird a twin -- / Had she but fixed a wing upon his chin.