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On Stephen Duck the Thresher and Favourite Poet A Quibbl

The Thresher Duck, could o'er the Q {-}{-}{-}{-}{-}{-} prevail,  The Proverb says;

No Fence against a Flayl.  From threshing Corn, he turns to thresh his Brains;  For which Her M{-}{-}{-}{-}{-}{-}y allows him Grains.  Though 'tis confess't, that those who ever saw  His Poems, think them all not worth a Straw.  Thrice happy Duck, employ'd in threshing Stubble!  Thy Toil is lessen'd, and thy Profits double.

Form: couplets Composition Date:1730

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