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I am the Founder of your lov'd Kit-Kat,
A Club, that gave Direction to the State,
'Twas there we first instructed all our Youth,
To talk Prophane, and Laugh at Sacred Truth.
We taught them how to Toast, and Rhime, and Bite,
To Sleep away the Day, and Drink away the Night.
Some this Fantastick Speech approv'd, some Sneer'd,
The wight grew Cholerick, and disappear'd.

Mean time the Fury smil'd, who all this while
Sat hov'ring on the Summet of the Pile.
A secret and exulting Joy she finds,
To see her Influence brooding on their Minds;

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