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

  • Samuel Garth
Date:
1709
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    2& — Hh. ► CSt, 3ae&»£&5&gg ™ jL*f'g. 2ft>JL <■$> “? sgagsggggsgggg The DISPENSARY. Canto IV. ]\T0T far from that frequented Theater, *~ W'here wand’nag Punks each Night at Five repair? Where Purple Emperors in Buskins tread, And Rule imaginary Worlds for Bread 5 Where Bently, by Old Writers, wealthy grew, -And Brifeos lately was undone by New : There triumphs a Fbyfician of Renown, To fcarce a Mortal, but hlmfelf, unknown. None e’er was plac’d more luckily than He, I m. th Excrche ,ot fijeh a Myfiery. When Bur~-fs deafens all the liflning Prefs .■With Peais of mod Seraphick Bmprinefs: Or when Myfterlous F~~n mounts on high. To preach hIs Parifli to a Lethargy: ' This zAifcuhftus waits hard by, to cafe The Martyrs of fuch Chrlftlan Cruelties. Long has this happy Quarter of the Town, Lor Lewdnefs, Wit, and Gallantry been knownh m Sorts meet here, of whatfoe’et Degree, T- o biend and jiiftle into Harmony*
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