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The choice spirits feast

a comic ode. By George Alexander Stevens

Stevens, George Alexander (1710-1784)

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The Choice Spirits Feast.

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RECITATIVE.

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RECITATIVE.

The Broth will be but so so,
If you don't put Oatmeal in.
Thirds, Fifths and Eighths, a Half's above a Quarter,
A Minum's long, a Quaver is much shorter;
Before you lay the Cloth, go get a Pint of Porter.