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NYEP(D.746.035
24 Nov 1746:21,22 (105)
. . . [10 lines introduction]
Once on a time, as I have heard them say,
A penguin speak could, and did write a play.
This penguin, was no common penguin then,
For he could write, indite, and act the ways of men.
. . . [4 lines]
Once on a time, this bird did write a farce,
For at that time good plays were very scarce.
And he did lash good Gods! How he did lash?
All birds of worth with Scribere cum dash.
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I like good musick, it delights the sence,
Affects, inanimates, when play'd by moods & tence,
Unlike a drum so grating to the ear,
The screetch of eagle, I to that prefer.
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