The Kit-Cats (1708) [ Practices ]
… new Burdens on thy Subjects lay; Who Tax'd by thee with less Reluctance bear The Charge of Caesar 's, than of A N N A 's War. Who reeking in thy own, and Roman Sweat, Dost ancient Conquests o'er the French repeat: Do thou, great Bocai smooth … pleas'd to lead Thy Sons to feast on Hampsteads airy Head; Hampstead , that now in fame Parnassus shall exceed When Warlike William Albion 's Scepter swayd Succour'd th'Opprest, th' Oppressors progress staid And of Europa 's Peace the … Their Drink was gen'rous Wine, and Kit-Cat's Pyes their Meat. Here he assembled his Poetic Tribe, Past Labours to Reward, and new ones to prescribe; Hence did th' Assembly's Title first arise, And Kit-Cat Wits sprung first from Kit-Ca …
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