 Corn crakes are the subject of three stanzas of the seventeenth century poet Andrew Marvell 's " Upon Appleton House " , written in 1651 about the North Yorkshire country estate of Thomas Fairfax . The narrator depicts the scene of a mower cutting the grass , before his " whistling Sithe " unknowingly " carves the Rail " . The farmhand draws out the scythe " all bloody from its breast " and " does the stroke detest " . It continues with a stanza that demonstrates the problematic nature of the corn crake 's nesting habits : 
 Corn crakes <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>the subject of three stanzas of the seventeenth century poet Andrew Marvell <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>" Upon Appleton House " , written in 1651 about the North Yorkshire country estate of Thomas Fairfax . The narrator <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>depicts</mark></a> the scene of a mower cutting the grass , before his " whistling Sithe " unknowingly " <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>carves</mark></a> the Rail " . The farmhand <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>draws</mark></a> out the scythe " all bloody from its breast " and " <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>does</mark></a> the stroke detest " . It <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>continues</mark></a> with a stanza <a href='null_relcl' title='8'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>demonstrates</mark></a> the problematic nature of the corn crake <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>nesting habits : 
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