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The choice spirits feast

a comic ode. By George Alexander Stevens

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No Senesino then was known,
Cuzzoni or Faustina;
No Farinelli charm'd the Town,
Nor Comic Nicolina.
But Salt-Box Bang, and Jews-Harp Twang,
With Hurdy Gurdy Grunting,
While others did sing to the Bladder and String,
Like Hogs in high Winds hunting.