The three tours of Doctor Syntax In search of 1. The picturesque, 2. Of consolation, 3. Of a wife. The text complete. [By William Combe] With four illustrations |
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The Doctor found a quick consent, And to the farm their way they bent.
A tub inverted, form'd his seat; The animals their painter meet:
Cows, asses, sheep, and ducks and geese,
Present themselves, to grace the piece:
Poor Grizzle, too, among the rest, Of the true picturesque possest,
Quitted the meadow to appear, And took her station in the rear:
The sheep all baa'd, the asses bray'd,
The moo-cows low'd, and Grizzle neigh'd!
“Stop, brutes,” he cried, “your noisy glee
I do not want to hear—but see;
Though by the picturesquish laws, You're better too with open jaws.”
A tub inverted, form'd his seat; The animals their painter meet:
Cows, asses, sheep, and ducks and geese,
Present themselves, to grace the piece:
Poor Grizzle, too, among the rest, Of the true picturesque possest,
Quitted the meadow to appear, And took her station in the rear:
The sheep all baa'd, the asses bray'd,
The moo-cows low'd, and Grizzle neigh'd!
“Stop, brutes,” he cried, “your noisy glee
I do not want to hear—but see;
Though by the picturesquish laws, You're better too with open jaws.”
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