Versos English Christopher Smart The PHYSICIAN and the MONKEY. An EPIGRAM

English poem

The PHYSICIAN and the MONKEY. An EPIGRAM

by (1722–1771)

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A LADY sent lately to one Doctor Drug, To come in an instant, and clyster poor Pug— As the fair one commanded he came at the word, And did the grand office in tie-wig and sword.

The affair being ended, so sweet and so nice! He held out his hand with—"You know, ma'am, my price." "Your price," says the lady—"Why, Sir, he's your brother, "And doctors must never take fees of each other."