Matthew Prior

You tell your doctor, that y' are ill
And what does he, but write a bill,
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You tell your doctor, that y' are ill
And what does he, but write a bill,
Of which you need not read one letter,
The worse the scrawl, the dose the better.
For if you knew but what you take,
Though you recover, he must break.

I never strove to rule the roast,
She ne'er refus'd to pledge my toast.

I never strove to rule the roast,
She ne'er refus'd to pledge my toast.

The end must justify the means.

The end must justify the means.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto
you.

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?