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 The ^state of G.L.Burr 
 
Cornell University Library 
 PR 4058. J3 1900 
 
 The jackdaw of Rheims, 
 
 3 1924 013 210 616 
 
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 ANY c( monk, and many a friar, 
 'f/Many a krniaKi'', and 
 
 many a -sau ire, 
 a oreat many more 
 
 of lesser dearce^ — 
 n 500th a aoodly combany^ 
 
 -4A.nd tKcy -serucd tKc Lord Primate 
 on bended knee. 
 ^Never, I ween, 
 
 Wa.5 a prouder seen, 
 ^ivead of in books, or dreamt' of 
 
 in dreams, 
 an tne (rardinal Jaord ArcKbi^Kob 
 oj Ivneims ! 
 
N and out 
 
 e.(^hrouaK the 
 motley rout, 
 JTKat little eJackdaW 
 
 kept koppinQ about; 
 ©Here and tkere like a do^ lr^ a fair, 
 (§)ver comfits and cakes, 
 
 ei§And diskes and plates, 
 (Sowl and cope, and rocket and pall, 
 '^jM.itre and crosier! ke kop^'d 
 
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saucy air, 
 
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 #le perck'ol on the cnair 
 wvkere, in 6tate , the oreat Lord Cardinal 5at 
 mn tke oreat Lord Cardinals oreat red Kat; 
 '^nd Ke beerd in tKe face 
 
 Of nis Lord^nip'o Grace, 
 (^A/itn a satisfied look, as if Ke Would saV; 
 mve two are tke oreoteit folks here to-day! 
 #A.ncl the briests, Witn aWe, 
 
 As 5ucn freaks tkey savAJ, 
 ^Miaid, The Devil must be in tkat little ©lockdaw! 
 
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 'I HE feast was over, 
 
 the board 
 
 Was cleard, 
 
 e f lawns and iKe custord^ 
 
 Kad all disappear'd, 
 
 iFVnd &\% little sinyiny-boys,- 
 
 dear litHc souls! 
 
 Iln nice clean faces, ar\d nice wKite 
 
 otoleS; 
 
 Came, in order due, Two by two, 
 orcbihQ that orand refectory throujK . 
 
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 nice little boy nclol 
 a oolden eWer, 
 >LwmD05s'd and tilled with Water, as burc 
 
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 'W \s any I not j' low's betWcen 
 
 rvncinn.5 and Namur, 
 %'Vnicn a nice little boy atood ready io eaten 
 
 "'in a yine aolden nond-basi 
 
 jy 5iood reaoy 
 niodc to match. 
 
^®* . ''^I Wo nice li-ttle boys, 
 
 f[|^(| rather more orown, 
 
 arried lav/cnder -Water, and 
 Eau de C^oloane •, 
 'if\nd a nice li+t"le boy 
 
 Kad a nice cake oj ^oap, 
 ortny of wasnino the Kand6 of the R)pe. 
 (^ne little boy" more 
 
 A napkin bore, 
 @f the best vA/nltc diaper, frinQed Witk bink, 
 'SA.nd a Cardinal^ Hat" mark'd 
 
 in 'permanent ink'. 
 
HE yreat Eord (gardinal 
 
 turns ot tKe si^Kt 
 f the.e n,ce little boya oil drea.'d ,n wkte : 
 #^rom Kis finder he draW5 
 
 His costly turc|Uoise; 
 
 nd, not tk,nkm^ at all about 
 little 3acl<daW>5, 
 

 EP051T^5 it 6trai^Kt 
 
 Dy tne side of his blafe, ^ 
 rWKile the nice httle boya ^_ 
 
 on nia Eminence Wait- '% 
 
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 ILL, wKen nobody'.^ drcamir^o 
 
 of any sucK tn'mo, 
 hat little (glackdaW kops off 
 With the ripio ! 
 
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 HERE'5 a cry and a -sKout", 
 
 And a deuce of a rout^ 
 fAnd nobodv seems to know 
 
 wkat tke_y'rc about, 
 A tke monks Kave tkeir pockets 
 ail turned inside out j 
 
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 r. [riar^ are kp»eelii-\n, 
 
 IPvnd Kuntina, and Teelincr 
 the floor, and tke walU. 
 and tke cc 
 
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rlE (Sardinal drew 
 
 Off each blum-colourd 5Koe , 
 l\nd left k\& red stoclrino'a 
 
 exposed to tKc view'; 
 ((fie peeps, and he feeU 
 
 in tke toes 
 and the Keel^> ; 
 
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 ^^siiftHEy turn up tkc disKcs, - 
 
 tkcj/ turrA ujp tke blatea, - 
 €Key take u|d tke JDoker 
 
 and poke out tkc orate .5^ 
 — dilhey turn up tke rua&, 
 
 tkey examine tke muo^..-— 
 'lout^ no .'-no suck tkinO; — 
 
 The^ can't f^nd The RinJ i 
 nd tke Abbot declared tKat, 
 
 ^r\er\ nobody t^A^ioo'd \t^ 
 e rascol or otker kad popJD'd in, 
 and pnaa'd it l' 
 
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 E L-,ardirial ro&c With 
 
 a dianipcd look, 
 H'ne call'd for his candle, K15 oell , 
 and nis book! 
 '€n noly onoer, and bious onef, 
 
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» Jl_v solemnly curbed that rascally tKie]' ! 
 
 i^e cursed Kim at board, he cursed him in bed; 
 wlrom the sole of liis foot to the crown of nis head ; 
 4le cursed him in sleepina, that every niaht 
 l^iie snould dream of the devil, and wake in a friaKt; 
 aie cursed Kim in eatino, he cursed him in drinkino, 
 4ie cursed Kim in couanina, in 5nee7:ina, in Winkinoj 
 fine cursed him in sittina^ in standing, in Iving ; 
 (^e cursed him in walking^ in riding, in flyina, 
 #ie cursed him in living, Ke cursed him dying !_ 
 iNever was Keard sucK a terrible curs.e ! 
 
 •CJut wnat gave rise To no little surprise, 
 (SNobody oeem'd one benny tKe worse ! 
 
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 till day was g'on^, ike nignt came on, 
 
 iJi he Alon^^ and the Friars tncy searcK'd till dawn, 
 Wncn the ^Sacristan aaw, 
 
 On crumfjied c\a 
 v^ome limbing a boor little lame ^jackdaw ! 
 '$^0 lonaer Qoy ^ As on yesterday ; 
 
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 lis teatners all -^eem'd to be turn'd the 
 
 wrpno way } — 
 
 ^tUi binions droob'd • — he could hardly stond , — 
 ■^His head was as bald as the balm o] yoLir hand ■ 
 
 mi\s> eye so dim^ Oo wasted each limb. 
 'Il hat. heedless of c^rammar, they ail cried, ihatb kint !- 
 "that's the scamp that has done this scandalous thin^ ( 
 ghat's the thief that ha6 oot 
 
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 n E poor little eJackdaw, 
 
 When tnc monks he saw, 
 iFcebly gave v/ent to the ^kost of a caw > 
 ?\.ncl turn'd ni& bald head, 
 
 as) much ai> to £,ay -, 
 in-ay, be oo oood as to walk this way!' 
 flower and .slower he limpd on before, 
 they came to the back of the belfry door, 
 ere the fir-st thino they 6aw, 
 
 'Midit the sticks and the stroW 
 'as, the 'Rin£ in the nest of that ^''' 
 
 ttle Jackdaw! 
 
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 MM- <:■ n t-N the qreaf rord Cardinal 
 filf'^^' , cali'd for Kl6 book, 
 
 And off that tciTible cuioc he rook ■, 
 (iTnc mute expression ^5e^vcd ir, lieu of 
 
 -^.^^,^.^-U^.^^il 
 
 ConTession, 
 
 f\nd, beincc tkus coupled with full restitution, 
 11 he (sJackdaw c^ot" blenorv aosolcition ( 
 
 — When I'hoc^e wordvS were heard, 
 
 1 hat poor little bmd 
 (gvVas 50 chanc^ed In o moment, 'twas really absLird, 
 Iflc grew sleek, and [bit; In addition to thaf - 
 rX fresh crop o\ feathery come thick as a mat '. 
 
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 WyuX no lonoer it wagigied 
 
 with an imbudent air, 
 ['', /<^0 lonoer ke bcrcK'd on the Cardinals cnoir. 
 (3ie nopp'd nov\/ about Witn a oaif devout'; 
 A.t Matins, at Ve-spcr^., nc never was out'; 
 0vnd, so far from any nr\ore bilfenno deeds, 
 ^fle alv^ays scenr\'d tellino the Confcssoro beads, 
 ^f any one lied, _ or if any one swore,— 
 (S/r slumberd in prayer-time and 
 
 habj^en'd to snore, 
 il hat (^ood _JacKdaw Would ai've a oreat Cpw!' 
 W\i, nrvucn as to say, J3on't do so any more.'' 
 wvhile many remark'd, ai> nis manners? they >5aW, 
 (fihat they 'never had known such a jdious Jackdaw!' 
 

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L lonc^ lived the [jride of that country -side, 
 'And at last in tkc odour of -sanctity died ^ 
 feWhen^ OS word-s were too faint', 
 ni^' merit-5 to baint"^ 
 mhc Cronclave determined to maKC nim a \3aint"; 
 /And on newly-made Oainta and ]ope5^ a& you k-no\A/, 
 sit a the custom, at rvpme^ new names to oeatow, 
 ^o they canonized him by the name of Tim Crow I 
 
 
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