When Klopstock England defied

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When Klopstock England defied, Uprose William Blake in his pride; For old Nobodaddy aloft Farted & and belch'd and cough'd; Then swore a great oath that made heaven quake, And call'd aloud to English Blake. Blake was giving his body ease, At Lambeth beneath the poplar trees. From his seat then started he, And turn'd him round three times three. The Moon at that sight blush'd scarlet red, The stars threw down their cups & fled, And all the devils that were in hell Answered with a ninefold yell. Klopstock felt the [ninefold del.] intripled turn, And all his bowels began to [burn del.] churn, [Fd they del.] And his bowels turned round three times three, And lock'd in his soul with a ninefold key; That from his body it ne'er could be parted Till to the last trumpet it was farted. Then again old Nobodaddy swore He ne'er had seen such a thing before, Since Noah was shut in the ark, Since Eve first chose her hellfire spark, Since 'twas the fashion to go naked, Since the old anything was created. And so feeling, he beg'd him to turn again And ease poor Klopstock's nine fold pain. [If thus Blake could Shite What Klopstock did write] From pity then he reden'd round And the ninefold Spell unwound. If Blake could do this when he [sat down to del. rose up from shite, What might he not do if he sat down to write? ________________________________________

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