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Hail, peerless Pun! thou last and best, / Most rare and excellent bequest / Of dying idiot to the wit / He died of, rat-like, in a pit!
Thyself disguised, in many a way / Thou let'st thy sudden splendor play, / Adorning all where'er it turns, / As the revealing bull's-eye burns, / Of the dim thief, and plays its trick / Upon the lock he means to pick.