Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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DEATH AND THE DOCTOR. |
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DEATH AND THE DOCTOR.
O dear! O dear! how weary am I,
I'm so tir'd and so jaded, could lay down and die!
Life itself is a load, which I scarcely can bear,
But the burden's augmented by labour and care;
O, death, come, in pity the burden take off,
Of a very old man, with a very short cough!
Ugh! Ugh! (coughing)
what a terrible cough!
Come, death! come, death!—
DOCTOR.I'm so tir'd and so jaded, could lay down and die!
Life itself is a load, which I scarcely can bear,
But the burden's augmented by labour and care;
O, death, come, in pity the burden take off,
Of a very old man, with a very short cough!
Ugh! Ugh! (coughing)
what a terrible cough!
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(Entering.)
—Assistance I bring;
OLD MAN.
You an't death—
DOCTOR.
—I am the doctor, that's all the same thing.
OLD MAN.
O, give me assistance;—
DOCTOR.
—First give me a fee.
OLD MAN.
Nature's debt would I pay—
DOCTOR.
—You had better pay me.
OLD MAN.
O, death! or, O, doctor! the burden take off,
Of a very old man, with a very short cough!
Ugh! &c.
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