“Little Crotch, a phenomenon, now first appeared,
And each minstrel surprised, howe’er gray was his beard:
To my learned associates who write F. R. S.
Both the why and the wherefore I humbly address;
And endeavour to shew them, without diminution,
What truly is strange in this bard Lilliputian:
What common, what wanting, to make him surpass
The composers and players of every class.
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