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EPISTLE III.

WRITTEN AFTER

A WALK BEFORE SUPPER.

THO' much averse, dear Jack, to flicker,
To find a likeness for friend V—ker,
I've made thro' Earth, and Air, and Sea,
A Voyage of Discovery!
And let me add (to ward off strife)
For V—ker and for V—ker's Wife—
She large and round beyond belief,
A superfluity of Beef!
Her mind and body of a piece,
And both compos'd of kitchen-grease.