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The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop

... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare
Bishop, Samuel (1731-1795)

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VOL. I.
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ODES.
  
HYMN ON THE SPRING.
  
THE MAN OF TASTE:
  
THE PREACHER:
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THE FAIRY BENISON;
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THE FAIRY BENISON;
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SCENE I.
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VERSES ON OCCASIONAL SUBJECTS.
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VOL. II.

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EPIGRAM CCXXI.

[When quacks, as quacks may by good luck, to be sure]

AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.

When quacks, as quacks may by good luck, to be sure,
Blunder out at hap-hazard a desperate cure,
In the prints of the day, with due pomp and parade,
Case, patient, and doctor, are amply display'd:—
All this is quite just—and no mortal can blame it;
If they save a man's life, they've a right to proclaim it:
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But there's reason to think they might save more lives still,
Did they publish a list of the numbers they kill!
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