Social Commentaries
The Physician and the Monkey
From Poems on Several Occasions (1752)
Social Commentaries
A LADY sent lately to one Doctor Drug,
To come in an instant, and clyster poor Pug—
As the fair one commanded he came at the word,
And did the grand office in tie-wig and sword.
The affair being ended, so sweet and so nice!
He held out his hand with—"You know, ma'am, my price."
"Your price," says the lady—"Why, Sir, he's your brother,
"And doctors must never take fees of each other."
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MLA
Smart, Christopher. “The Physician and the Monkey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/smart/54/.
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Smart, Christopher. “The Physician and the Monkey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/smart/54/.
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