A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
The WORM-DOCTOR. |
A Miscellany of Poems | ||
The WORM-DOCTOR.
Vagus advanc'd on high proclaims his skillBy cakes of wond'rous force the worms to kill.
A scornful ear the wiser sort impart,
And laugh at Vagus's pretended art.
But well can Vagus what he boasts perform,
For man (as Job has told us) is a worm.
A Miscellany of Poems | ||