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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Crown'd with success, the following day
The Doctor homeward took his way;
And on the 'morrow, he again Was borne by Grizzle o'er the plain.
But Grizzle, having liv'd in clover, Symptoms of spirit did discover,
That more than once had nearly thrown
Her deep-reflecting master down;
Nor, till they'd travell'd half the day, Did he perceive he'd lost his way:
Nor, to that moment, did he find, That Grizzle, by some chance unkind,
Had left her ears and tail behind.
“Ne'er mind, good beast,” he kindly said;
“What though no ears bedeck your head;
What though the honours of your rump, Are dwindled to a naked stump,
Now, rais'd in purse as well as spirit,
Your master will reward your merit.”
Another day they journey'd on; The next, and lo! the work was done.
The Doctor homeward took his way;
And on the 'morrow, he again Was borne by Grizzle o'er the plain.
But Grizzle, having liv'd in clover, Symptoms of spirit did discover,
That more than once had nearly thrown
Her deep-reflecting master down;
Nor, till they'd travell'd half the day, Did he perceive he'd lost his way:
Nor, to that moment, did he find, That Grizzle, by some chance unkind,
Had left her ears and tail behind.
“Ne'er mind, good beast,” he kindly said;
“What though no ears bedeck your head;
What though the honours of your rump, Are dwindled to a naked stump,
Now, rais'd in purse as well as spirit,
Your master will reward your merit.”
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