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HO' 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— large and round beyond belief, A superfluity of Beef! Her mind and body of a piece, And both compos'd of kitchen-grease.