English poem
AN EXTEMPORE, ON SETTING OUT FOR BATH. Dec. 31, 1785
by George Colman (1732–1794)
What! Palsy and Gout both at once on my back? Alas, on a Dwarf what a Giant Attack! Even comforts themselves as new plagues I endure, When the Palsy's my ill, and the Gout is my cure.
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