Social Commentaries
Doctors Differ: An Epigram
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
Social Commentaries
WHEN Willis of Ephraim heard Rochester preach,
Thus Bently said to him, I pr'ythee, dear brother,
How lik'st Thou this Sermon ? 'tis out of My reach,
His is One way, said Willis, and Ours is Another.
I care not for carping, but this I can tell.
We preach very sadly, if he preaches well.
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