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Rh That he came through the keyhole, or in at the casement; And it needs must be one that could both read and write: Yet he did not know If it were friend or foe, Or whether it came from above or below: However, 'twas civil, in angel or elf, For he ne er could have fill'd it so well of himself.

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III.

Even so master doctor had puzzled his brains In making a ballad, but was at a stand: He had mixt little wit with a great deal of pains, When he found a new help from invisible hand. Then, good doctor Swift, Pay thanks for the gift, For you freely must own, you were at a dead lift: And, though some malicious young spirit did do 't, You may know by the hand it had no cloven foot.

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HEN wise lord Berkeley first came here , Statesmen and mob expected wonders, Nor thought to find so great a peer Ere a week past committing blunders. Till