English poem
The PHYSICIAN and the MONKEY. An EPIGRAM
by Christopher Smart (1722–1771)
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."
More by Christopher Smart
- The Herald and Husband-Man. Fable XII
- THE HOP-GARDEN. A GEORGIC. BOOK the SECOND
- The LASS with the golden Locks. BALLAD II
- The Lord's Prayer
- The Pig. Fable XVIII
- The PRETTY CHAMBERMAID: In Imitation of Ne sit Ancillae tibi amor pudori, &c. of Horace. ODE VI
- The SILENT FAIR. BALLAD V
- The Snake, the Goose, and Nightingale. Fable XIV