The dispensary : a poem in six canto's [sic] / [Anon].

  • Samuel Garth
Date:
1703
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Credit: The dispensary : a poem in six canto's [sic] / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I fought the Covert of fonie peaceful Cell, Where filent Shades in harmlefs Raptures dwell * That Reft might paft Tranquility reftore, And Mortal never interrupt me more. 5T\vas here, alas! I thought I might Repofe, Thefe Walls were that Afylum I had chofe. (found, Nought underneath this Roof, but Damps are Nought heard, butdrowzy Beetles buzzing round. l \ Spread Cobwebs hide theWalls,and Duft the Floors-, And midnight Silence guards the noifelefs Doors. But now I find fome enterprifing Brain Invents new Fancies to renew my Pain, And labours to diilolve my eafie Reign. With that, the God his darling ‘Phantom calls, And from his falt’ring Lips this Mefiage falls. Since